The fearsome tiger shark is not the shore-hugging beast scientists long believed, according to a new study by Nova Southeastern University's Guy Harvey Research Institute in Florida. The study tracked several of the fish over a two-year period and recorded them crisscrossing oceans and, in one case, logging more than 27,000 miles – this might be the longest track ever recorded for any shark – in both coastal and open waters.
Tiger sharks were thought to be a species that preferred the coast as opposed to the open sea, but these new trackings, which were observed by way of satellite–read tags, revealed that the sharks travel over 4,660 miles, round–trip, each year between the coral reefs of the Caribbean and the open waters of the mid–North Atlantic.
Don't stop with reading the story - visit nova.edu to actually look at the tracking history for tiger sharks and 14 other projects!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 21 2015, @12:32AM
I've read that story a number of times. The Navy puts a good deal of effort into teaching water survival, but they never taught us any way to defend against shark attack.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 21 2015, @04:53AM
> but they never taught us any way to defend against shark attack.
Well, they are soo damn rare that it probably isn't worth the effort.
But...
Punch them in the gills, or nose as the last resort Most shark attacks on humans are preceded by an 'exploration' to determine if you might be edible. When they come in for the taste test, hit them where it hurts.