During some years, up to as many as 12,000 green sea turtles aggregate around Raine Island to lay eggs on the beach, which offers scientists a natural laboratory to compare the movements and behaviours of the turtles and
tiger sharks during a time when sea turtle concentrations are higher than average.
Not exact matches
The study, conducted off the coast of Australia
during the turtle nesting season, also found the behavior of healthy green turtles suggests that they do not perceive
tiger sharks as a major threat
during nesting season.
The study revealed that
tiger sharks undergo seasonal movements to take advantage of turtles nesting off the Carolinas
during the summer.
During a morning surf session, she was attacked by at 14 - foot
tiger shark, and lost her left arm.
While a 14 - foot
tiger shark may have taken her left arm
during a tragic attack in 2003, Hamilton triumphed, going on to become a writer, philanthropist, activist and, most recently, the third - place winner of CBS» 25th season of «The Amazing Race» with her husband, Adam Dirks.