Researchers shocked after 8-foot shark is eaten by a predator. But who's the culprit?
A team of scientists from Arizona, Oregon and Rhode Island had been tracking a pregnant, porbeagle shark for hundreds of miles when it was killed.
Pregnant porbeagle shark eaten by larger predator off Bermuda
This is the first recorded instance of its kind in the world. Scientists tracking the pregnancies of porbeagle sharks have found evidence that one of these sharks was eaten by an even larger predator,
A pregnant shark was tagged and monitored for 5 months, then disappeared. Scientists now know its fate
Scientists tracked the movements of a large pregnant porbeagle shark for months. Then, its tag floated to the ocean surface, suggesting a larger shark had eaten it.
Pregnant shark that disappeared may have been eaten by another shark
Tracking data from a pregnant porbeagle shark near Bermuda suggest it was eaten by a great white shark – a kind of predation that has never been seen before
8-Foot Pregnant Shark Monitored By Researchers Eaten By Another Larger Shark
In 2021, an 8-foot pregnant porbeagle shark was eaten by another shark. Now, her story has been published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
In a documented first, a pregnant shark tagged by scientists was eaten by a larger predator
Scientists tracked the movements of a large pregnant porbeagle shark for months. Then, its tag floated to the ocean surface, suggesting a larger shark had eaten it.
First documented predation of pregnant porbeagle shark near Bermuda
This is the first such situation in the world. Scientists tracking the pregnancies of porbeagle sharks have evidence that one of these sharks was eaten by something even larger, according to NBC News,
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A really big shark got gobbled up by another, massive shark in 1st known case of its kind
A pregnant porbeagle shark is believed to have been eaten by a great white, with the larger predator swallowing its tracking ...
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Large sharks may be hunting each other – and scientists know because of a swallowed tracking tag
A surprise killing of a pregnant porbeagle shark being tracked near Bermuda left researchers trying to solve an oceanic ...
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In World First, Scientists Find a Large Shark Was Eaten by an Even Bigger Shark
Only two species are large enough to have consumed a 7-foot porbeagle: the white shark and the shortfin mako. In an ...
Shark biologists stumble into a deep-sea murder mystery
Porbeagle sharks aren’t known to have predators, but a new study says it recorded the first instance of the species being ...
Scientists Alarmed as Shark Tracker Suddenly Shows Up Inside Larger Creature
A team of marine scientists were tracking a pregnant female porbeagle shark. It's not the largest of its ilk out there, but ...
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Unexpected discovery: Large sharks are hunting each other
In a marine science mystery reminiscent of a game of Clue, researchers from the United States set out to investigate the ...
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Porbeagle shark spotted by Scarborough pirate ship
Crew on board the Hispaniola Pirate Ship, which runs tourist trips around the South Bay in Scarborough, saw the Porbeagle shark in the water on Tuesday, September 10. They said the shark followed the ...