FfFfFfFF 58,136 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Scientists may have found the world’s biggest Tiger Shark in French Polynesia. The shark named Kamakai appears to be at least 16 feet and maybe even larger. But beyond the sensationalism associated with such stories, experts say superlative giants have plenty of science to teach us too. “Is there value in just telling a story about a big shark? No,” says Chris Fischer, founding chairperson of Ocearch, a data-collection organization that has tagged and tracked some of the largest great whites on Earth. However, Fischer says that if such an animal is safely captured, sampled, tagged, and released, then it can be useful to science. Tracking a large female like Deep Blue, for instance, can reveal “where great white sharks mate, where they gestate, and where they give birth,” says Fischer. “Really big animals are really useful data points,” says Stephanie Drumheller-Horton, who studies ancient crocodile relatives at the University of Tennessee. For instance, when trying to figure out what the 40-foot Sarcosuchus imperator—nicknamed SuperCroc—ate during the Cretaceous period, it’s helpful to study the diet of today’s largest crocs. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/07/tiger-sharks-biggest-of-its-kind/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan 20,832 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Can you imagine swimming with one of these things? I'd be scared out of my mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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