Sentences with phrase «shark scavenging»
«Shark scavenging helps reveal clues about human remains.»
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By analyzing shark scavenging behavior, the University of Florida's C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory identified which marks were left behind by sharks, what species of sharks made the marks and where the feedings might have occurred.
They found that shark scavenging on remains was more common than shark predation, although in one case, it could not be determined which activity left the marks.
Researchers at the University of Florida are developing methods for identifying marks of shark scavenging on deceased humans and determining which species of shark left the marks.
Researchers who observed great white sharks scavenge a whale carcass off the coast of South Africa found that multiple animals fed beside each other at the same time, displaying relaxed behavior such as a belly - up posture and a lack of ocular rotation.
After the fight, sharks scavenged the victim's carcass, leaving behind more than 3,000 teeth.
Not exact matches
An international team that includes University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers found behavioral evidence that tiger sharks prefer to opportunistically scavenge on dead or weakened green turtles rather than actively hunting healthy individuals despite more opportunities to do so.
In this way, tiger sharks are similar to terrestrial carnivores, such as hyenas and polar bears, which will selectively scavenge when the opportunity arises.»
It is energetically more advantageous and also safer for sharks to scavenge on carcasses rather than have to chase down live turtles.
Other studies have found remains of Steller sea lions and other marine mammals in the stomachs of sleeper sharks, but those could have been the result of scavenging instead of predation, Horning pointed out.
Gregory Skomal, head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, says his money would be on scavenging.
Other species, such as tiger sharks, are known to be partial to whale meat, but they get it by scavenging.