Posted on 09/18/2018 6:34:25 AM PDT by ETL
Researchers from Monterey bay Aquarium and Stanford University discovered an area the size of Colorado between California and Hawaii that appears to be a “White Shark Café,” but it is unclear if the sharks are there for food or sex.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday that authorities are trying to determine why these sharks spend months on an annual pilgrimage in winter and spring to the deep sea. Scientists say that it appears the sharks are out there to feast on the abundant amount of squid and small fish in the region.
“They are telling us this incredible story about the mid-water, and there is this whole secret life that we need to know about,” Salvador Jorgensen, a research scientist for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and one of the expedition’s leaders, told the paper.
The area where the sharks flock to was referred to as the oceanic version of the Sahara desert.
Researchers last fall used equipment to monitor the sharks’ movement and found sharks taking unusually deep dives—up to 3,000 feet and found male sharks behaving differently from females. Male sharks moved up and down the water in what was described as a V-shape, and swam in the formation up to 140 times a day.
“Either they are eating something different or this is related in some way to their mating,” Jorgensen said.
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Why not both ?
No word on how many have lasers on their frickin’ heads.
I often ask my self the same thing when I arrive at a cafe. LOL :D
This is a fascinating find.
Guaranteed to bring the swim with the shark Darwins.
“it is unclear if the sharks are there for food or sex.”
Typical bar scene.
Shark orgy!
Notice that all the Great White Sharks start out in San Francisco.
I guess they like riding the cable cars.
and it’s still unclear if they smoke after a good meal and good sex...
Just wondering what prevents them from being killed for their fins?
Now we know where Jabberjaw disappeared to.
Why not both ?
Shark Alley pickup lines:
“Do you come here often?”
“What’s your sign? Pisces? Mine, too!”
“I’m not really this tall, I’m just sitting on my dorsal fin.”
“My name is Jaws - remember it, because you’ll be screaming it later tonight.”
“Am I the one you’ve been waiting for?” - Barracuda Obama
“Better put some seaweed on that.” - Billfish Clinton
"I don't think you appreciate the gut reaction people have to these things...Martin, It's all psychological. You yell 'Barracuda,' everybody says 'Huh? What?' You yell 'Shark,' we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July..."
Still dig that suit jacket...
It appears that this is the place where the Great White Sharks break out the drugs they bought in California.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Something Fishy?????
Saturday morning I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, slipped quietly into the garage to hook the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential down pour. The wind was blowing 50 mph.
I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. There I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, ‘The weather out there is terrible.’
My loving wife of 20 years replied, ‘Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that crap?
I still don’t know to this day if she was joking, but I have stopped fishing.
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