Sentences with phrase «tiger sharks for»

For instance, he and other scientists have been probing the behavior of Hawaii's tiger sharks for roughly 20 years.

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They researchers found surfacing of both tiger sharks and green turtles was highest where they overlapped in core home range, closest to the island, and surfacing also increased for both animals with increasing proximity to the shoreline.
Fear of tiger sharks, for instance, helps protect seagrass from being over-grazed, which in turns pulls CO2 out of the atmosphere and provides a habitat for fish and shellfish
To quantify spatio - temporal patterns of reef use for three species of shark, the authors of this study analyzed data from acoustic transmitters placed on 18 sharks — 6 lemon sharks, 10 tiger sharks, and 2 Caribbean reef sharks — that were tracked with acoustic receivers covering an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers near the island of St. Thomas.
For example, the scientists think the sharks traveled in their mixed - species groups for most of the day for protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lionFor example, the scientists think the sharks traveled in their mixed - species groups for most of the day for protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lionfor most of the day for protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lionfor protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lionfor protection against hungry lions).
There's a secret in Darwin, Australia: unlike the rest of the country where tiger sharks are feared and hunted to protect beach goers and surfers, in Darwin tiger sharks are respected and are slowly becoming a source of jobs for the region.
While my writing them here won't do them justice, quips like «Slice me a off a piece of pie and serve it up hot, I'm next in line» dubbed over a segment of lions mating and «When a shark appears, sea lions jump ashore — luckily there aren't any tigers waiting for them, otherwise they wouldn't know what the fuck to do» voiced while watching a pack of sea lions, should give you an idea as to how idiotic these guys are.
Channels such as Naiqoro Passage hold sharks and swirling schools of tuna, giant trevally, mahi - mahi and snapper, while sites on the open - water side of the reef provide additional chances for sightings of passing pelagics, including humpback whales, tiger sharks, whale sharks, billfish and tuna.
Beqa Adventure Divers will take us out to shark reef, where we will be diving with as many as 70 bull sharks at a time, with the occasional tiger shark showing up for a visit.
Watch in awe as bull sharks, lemon sharks, reef sharks and the occasional tiger shark come in for a feed.
The reef is best known for the variety and frequent sightings of sharks: lemon, Caribbean reef and tiger sharks.
From cyber tigers and Panthers to robot sharks and alligators, there's plenty of game here for your hunting enjoyment.
Amongst these was «Death Explained» (2007), a tiger shark bisected longitudinally, for which Hirst made fabrication plans in 1991.
In March 1992, Hirst showed his infamous tiger - shark - in - a-tank, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991, at the Saatchi Gallery, and this piece, accompanied by intensive media coverage, projected him for the first time beyond an art audience onto a public stage.
The work, a 14 - ft tiger shark encased in formaldehyde, caused a sensation when it was first shown at Saatchi's gallery in London in 1992, and became a symbol for the wave of provocative «Young British Artists».
The Far East is responsible for huge losses of tigers (elephants, bears, sharks and rhinos, too) and «breeding programs» have to be curtailed when they are obviously simply selling tiger parts.
We're all familiar with the use of animal species names (general and specific) as labels for a sets of human charateristics, for descriptions of types of people, some good, some bad; for example; lion, tiger, weasel, rabbit, rat, dinosaur, pigeon, shark, albatross, crow, snake, (teddy) bear, sloth, insect, rodent, bug, cat etc..
Sand tiger sharks are fierce even before they're born; in the womb the sharks fight their siblings, consume them for nourishment, and only the strongest of the brood survives to hit the open water.
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