Can't touch this! Video shows blacktip sharks use shallow water to flee huge predators
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 16:10
in Biology & Nature
Aerial drone footage provides the first evidence of adult blacktip sharks using shallow waters as a refuge from a huge predator -- the great hammerhead. Before this study, documentation of adult sharks swimming in shallower waters to avoid predation did not exist. Unmanned aerial vehicles enable scientists to unobtrusively observe behaviors in the wild, providing insight into seldom-seen predator-prey interactions. When it comes to sharks, this 'hammerhead' time video proves you 'can't touch this.'