Can't touch this! Video shows blacktip sharks use shallow water to flee huge predators

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 09:30 in Biology & Nature

It's "hammerhead" time according aerial drone footage of blacktip sharks fleeing to shallow waters when confronted by a huge predator along the coast of southeast Florida. Footage from the drone provides the first evidence of adult blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) using shallow waters as a refuge from the great hammerhead shark, (Sphyrna mokarran)—proving you "can't touch this."

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