Here’s how thresher sharks whip their tails back and forth
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A new study breaks down the biomechanics of one of the marine world’s most unusual hunting behaviors. Thresher sharks have one…
A new study breaks down the biomechanics of one of the marine world’s most unusual hunting behaviors. Thresher sharks have one…
We’re thrilled to announce another improvement to our journal websites at PLOS. Head over to your favorite article and open any…
Image Credit: Yutaka…
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Pelagic thresher sharks use tail-slaps as a hunting strategy, according to a new study reported in the open-access journal PLoS…
Thresher sharks hunt sardines by rapidly slapping their tails hard enough to stun or kill several of the smaller fish at once.
If you’re going to have a tail that stretches as long as your body, you might as well whack things with it. For years it’s been…
Hace unos meses, en el evento “El Universo en un día” que tuvo lugar en Bilbao, nuestro magistral colaborador Juan Ignacio Pérez…
They’re called thresher sharks. But perhaps thrasher is more accurate. Because a population of these fearsome predators was…
Film shot by diver is the first to show thresher sharks using their tails like a whip to hunt fish in the wildA diver has…
For most sharks, the front end is the dangerous bit. Thresher sharks are the exception. They’re deadly at both ends, because…