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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (38859)

2/11/2013 12:38:21 PM

From: Brumar89

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You never did explain how far a California great white shark has to swim to become a non-California great white shark. Nor did you acknowledge the scientific fact that these sharks migrate thousands of miles across oceans. You just ignore science that doesn't support your idiotic ideas, huh?

Great white sharks migrate thousands of miles across the sea, new study finds

BY MARK SHWARTZ

A new study is shattering old beliefs about the great white shark -- one of the largest, most awe-inspiring predators in the sea.

Scientists studying white sharks along the California coast have long believed that these powerful carnivores spend most of their lives relatively close to shore, pursuing seals and sea lions.

But a study in the Jan. 3 issue of the journal Nature reveals that white sharks can range across vast stretches of the open ocean. In fact, one male tagged along the Central California coast migrated thousands of miles to the warm waters off Hawaii -- and remained there for nearly four months.

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"Until this study, white sharks had only been tracked for a few days around seal colonies. With the advent of new electronic tagging technology, we can now track their movement, depth and temperature preferences over many weeks and months" she added.

"I was shocked by the results," noted UCSC biologist Le Boeuf. "Going into this, what we expected was that white sharks were just coastal animals that breed in Southern California, then migrate a few hundred miles north to feed on seals. But it turns out they've got a life at sea, and when they're in the open ocean, they're diving very deep at times."
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