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Multi-hyphenate #LatinainSTEM 🇵🇷🇲🇽 (she/her) | wildlife educator & marine scientist 🦈 #sharks #scicomm | writer: @forbesscience
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Meet The Newly Discovered Walking Shark From Papua New Guinea Original

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By Melissa Márquez
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Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, n. sp., male paratype, UPNG E0534, 610 mm TL, Nubwageta, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea at 2 m. M.V. Erdmann Imagine wading through a shallow tropical reef, small fish darting between coral heads. Crabs scuttle across the seafloor as water ripples around your feet. Then something unusual catches your eye. A shark, no longer than your arm, appears to be walking across the reef on its fins. It sounds like a fantasy, right? A shark, walking?
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Understanding Sharks In Murky Coastal Zones Original

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(GERMANY OUT) Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, Aliwal Shoal, Indian Ocean, South Africa (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) ullstein bild via Getty Images Researchers working in Palm Beach County set out to understand how blacktip sharks use nearshore habitats and whether beach nourishment projects were changing the physical environment these animals depend on.
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Forbes JAPAN 公式サイト（フォーブス ジャパン）

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By Melissa Márquez
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北西大西洋のどこかで、ヨシキリザメ（Prionace glauca）が変化する水の層を滑るように泳ぎ、海面下数百フィート（約数十メートル）まで潜水してから再び浮上する。このサメは狩りをし、進路を定め、その（最高の）生を生きている。しかし、その動きの一つ一つが、ヒレに装着された技術によって温度、深度、位置を記録することを可能にしている。最近まで、このデータの軌跡は主にサメそのものを理解するために使われていた。しかし今、まさにその同じデータが、科学者たちが地球の未来をより正確に予測する助けとなっているのだ。 筆者は以前、カミーユ・M・L・S・パニエロ博士の研究について報じた。この研究では、サケガシラ（Lamna...
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