A 66 million-year-old fossilized lung belonging to a previously unknown giant coelacanth fish was recently discovered in Morocco. Source: https://www.livescience.com/massive-coelacanth-fossilized-lung-discovered.html
Tag: great white
Megalodon shark’s enormous babies ate their siblings in the womb
Megalodons – the extinct giant sharks that lived in most of Earth’s oceans about 3 million years ago – gave birth to babies that were larger than adult humans, scientists say. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/megalodon-extinct-giant-shark-enormous-babies…
Image of herons nesting high in the treetops wins drone photo award
This shot of a great white heron and grey heron in their respective treetop nests in Russia was taken by Dmitrii Viliunov using a drone. It won first prize in the wildlife category for the 2020 Drone Photo Awards Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833080-300-image-of-herons-nesting-high-in-the-treetops-wins-drone-photo-award/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Massive great white shark Unama’ki spotted south of Miami
Unama’ki is one of the largest Great White sharks tagged. Source: https://www.livescience.com/massive-great-white-shark-key-largo.html
Scientists discover great white shark ‘queen of the ocean’
Marine biologists have discovered an enormous great white shark they’re calling the “queen of the ocean” off the coast of Nova Scotia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/great-white-shark-queen-discovered.html
Great white fatally attacks woman in Maine. How common is this?
A woman swimming in Maine was fatally attacked by a white shark. Source: https://www.livescience.com/great-white-shark-attack-kills-woman-maine.html
Mike Tyson is set to fight a great white shark
The boxing legend will be engaging in the fight of the decade with a giant man-eating shark… yes really. The 54-year-old former heavyweight champion… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/338218/mike-tyson-is-set-to-fight-a-great-white-shark…
Great white sharks are bottom-feeders, at least when they’re little
Great white sharks are fierce hunters. But as juveniles, their diets involve way more bottom-feeding than hunting large prey. Source: https://www.livescience.com/what-great-white-sharks-really-eat.html
Will sea otters return to San Francisco Bay?
A new study shows that, if they can be returned to San Francisco Bay, California’s southern sea otter population can be tripled. There are now only about 3,000 of the otters left. But, first, they’ll need some help getting past the great white sharks. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/southern-sea-otters-reintroduction-san-francisco-bay…
Great White Sharks in Australia Get a Concert from Kiss. But Will the Sharks Care?
In a career first, the rock band Kiss is performing for an audience of great white sharks. Source: https://www.livescience.com/kiss-plays-for-sharks.html