A major threat facing sharks is the loss of important nursery habitat. In this week’s Shark Science Monday, Thomas Farrugia discusses how effective habitat restoration can be.
Feel free to ask questions for Thomas in the comments.
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Andrew is a post-doctoral researcher in North Carolina focused on population and conservation genetics in hydrothermal vent communities.
David is a graduate student in Florida. He studies the ecology and conservation of sharks. 
Amy is a graduate student in North Carolina studying local ecological knowledge within small scale fisheries. 
Chuck is a graduate student in North Carolina focusing on apex predators and how they interact with fisheries. 
Lyndell is a graduate student in North Carolina, studying the feeding ecology of cownose rays. 
Iris is a graduate student in Washington studying habitat use and feeding habits of juvenile Pacific salmon and herring in Puget Sound. 
Michael is a graduate student in Maryland investigating the visual systems of mantis shrimp. |
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DOES GUITARFISHES MAKE NOISES OR CAN THEY BE QUIET? ARE THEY DANGERISS OR CAN YOU TOUCH THEM I WANT TO STUDY SHARK AND HAVE ALWAYS LOVED DOLPHINS TOO.
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Of course they can make noise you dumb dumb havevn’t you seen Jaws? You can’t touch them either because they love the taste of human flesh because with all the increasing number of attacks recently they know what we taste like so they go to the beach and bite more humans.
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Hey Sarah,
Good question about making noise, I’m not 100% sure about that, although I’ve never heard them make any noise, or know of any way they could make noise, at least none that we can hear. They’re not like dolphins who can actually vocalize.
And no, they are not dangerous at all. Like about 90% of the shark and ray species, they do not get much large than an adult human, they eat small fish or crabs and clams and things like that, and are actually quite shy so they won’t come close to humans on purpose. The worst I’ve heard of is a diver that was bothering and chasing a large guitarfish around in southern California and the guitarfish whipped around and gummed the diver’s arm. They don’t really have sharp teeth so it was like a baby chewing on his arm!
If you go to many aquariums, they will usually have a touch tank and sometimes there will be a shark or ray in there you can touch.
Good luck, working with sharks is fantastic!
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