Sentences with phrase «when tiger sharks»

Likewise, when tiger sharks are actively hunting turtles, they stalk their prey from deep below to launch a stealthy attack.

Not exact matches

In other studies where green sea turtles and tiger shark home range overlap have been analyzed, scientists have observed turtles that avoid isolating themselves at the water surface when they are vulnerable to ambush from tiger sharks.

In this way, tiger sharks are similar to terrestrial carnivores, such as hyenas and polar bears, which will selectively scavenge when the opportunity arises.»

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.

The research team used long - term satellite tagging data from large tiger sharks and adult female loggerhead sea turtles, common prey of tiger sharks, to examine their movement patterns and evaluate if turtles modify their behaviors to reduce their chances of a shark attack when turtle and shark home ranges overlapped.

When the scientists recovered the tags from two male sand tiger sharks in 2013, the downloaded data told an unexpected story.

The project began in summer 2012, when UD researchers tagged 20 sand tiger sharks with implanted acoustic transceivers to study their interactions and movements.

When she runs afoul of an overly inquisitive tiger shark, Zombie sinks to the level of a third - rate Jaws rip - off (by 1979, the Italian film industry was no stranger to these).

Then, one fateful Halloween morning, the wave - riding teen was taking part in a national surf competition when a 14 - foot - long tiger shark emerged from the depths and changed her life in the blink of an eye.

Hamilton of course was the subject of the 2011 movie Soul Surfer, which chronicled her life after losing her arm at age 13 when she was a attacked by a 15 - foot tiger shark (AnnaSophia Robb played her).

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.

I had no job and didn't know where I was going in life when I walked into the Saatchi Gallery in 1992 and saw a tiger shark swimming towards me.

It was probably when I walked into the Saatchi gallery in 1992 and saw a tiger shark apparently swimming towards me, mouth open.

The work developed an idea Hirst first put forth in 1991 when he embalmed a tiger shark in The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.

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.

According to National Geographic, Bradley M. Wetherbee, who studies shark behavior and ecology at the University of Rhode Island, is conducting a Delaware - based study on what happens to sand tiger sharks when they are caught and released.