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For decades, sharks were seen as silent hunters. A groundbreaking discovery reveals they’ve been “speaking” all along and the ...
An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland. Researchers at the institution dubbed the underwater friendship ...
A team of researchers captured strange clicking noises from the rig shark, a small species that lives off the coast of New Zealand. “To the best of our knowledge, this study would be the first to show ...
Researchers in New Zealand found that a small species of shark makes noises with their teeth when touched by humans — and now researchers want to look further into how and why sharks make this noise.
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Sharks aren’t silent after all
A species of houndshark called Mustelus lenticulatus makes sharp clicking noises when handled. Until now, sharks as a group were thought to be universally quiet ...
“Roughly 25 per cent of the clicks co-occurred with an explosive sway (vigorous bending of the head and body from side to side), about 70 per cent co-occurred with calm swaying (slow side to side ...
The clicking behaviour has been described in the new study as the first documented case of a shark deliberately making sound ...
From the distant and isolated Faroe Islands, midway between Iceland and Norway, Paua MAC5 Chairman Storm Stanley couldn't contain his excitement ...
The first-ever sounds of sharks have been captured by researchers, according to a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Researchers in New Zealand have made what they believe is the first recording of a shark actively making noise. By Yan Zhuang Dolphins whistle. Whales sing. Fish croak, chirp, grunt, hum and growl.
The researchers noticed that whenever a shark was held, it would start clicking – possibly, Nieder said, the sound of the ...