Hybrid Shark found
Submitted by petervb on Wed, 2012-01-11 19:36
Interesting reading,
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Scientists have identified the first-ever hybrid shark off the coast of Australia, a discovery that suggests some shark species may respond to changing ocean conditions by interbreeding with one another.
A team of 10 Australian researchers identified multiple generations of sharks that arose from mating between the common blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) and the Australian blacktip (Carcharhinus tilstoni), which is smaller and lives in warmer waters than its global counterpart.'
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bod
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hybrid shark
fascinating reading. Sharks date from around 420 million years ago so whatever it takes for survival of the species probably shouldn't surprise us. I'm tempted to call it evolution although I suspect that interbreeding is not evolution.
petervb
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i recockon, interesting to
i recockon, interesting to see what the warmer water may do to other species!
alfred
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Aslong as a whale shark and
Aslong as a whale shark and a great white dont mix im sure we will be fine haha
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