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Thursday Afternoon Dredging: December 15th, 2016

Posted on December 15, 2016December 14, 2016 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

  • How thresher sharks use their tails, from this paper by Oliver and friends.
Thresher shark tail whip, from Oliver and friends 2013, "Thresher Sharks Use Tail-Slaps as a Hunting Strategy," PLoS ONE
Thresher shark tail whip, from Oliver and friends 2013, “Thresher Sharks Use Tail-Slaps as a Hunting Strategy,” PLoS ONE
  • Follow Brit Finucci @BritFinucci on twitter! Follow her for awesome photos of her research with deep sea sharks.
  • I love this commerical and I’m pretty sure that you will too.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • Is it starting to get cold where you live? Learn about a frog that freezes and thaws, and more ways that animals cope with the cold. (By Liz Langley for National Geographic)
  • Fishermen team up with scientists to reduce bycatch. (by Fred Bever for NPR).

 

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