“This is the first documented predation event of a porbeagle shark anywhere in the world.”
A team of scientists had tagged the creature off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts in October 2020. Since this species of sharks areFive months later, the tracker started registering some unexpected activity. It wasn’t long before researchers concluded the shark had fallen prey to an even larger predator.The first one was called a finmount tag, placed on the shark’s fin and meant to give scientists an accurate geolocation when the fin is out of the water.
Researchers deem the most likely predator would have been another lamnid shark, also noting that the three most well-known lamnid sharks are porbeagles,, and can grow up to 12 feet long and weigh more than 500 pounds. They are considered an elusive species, meaning scientists don’t know too much about them.Dr.
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