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TURTLE EVADES SHARK
Dylan DeHaas, from Perth, Australia, was flying his drone around Coral Bay ... large tiger shark was trying to catch the turtle, which is their favourite food on the Ningaloo Reef.
Read about different predator-prey relationships on the reef ... protecting the turtle's body from the sharp teeth of predators. But some, like the tiger shark, are powerful enough to bite ...
shark fin, turtle products and live reef fish. Now, the challenge is to ensure that the growing needs of the region do not make the wonders of the Coral Triangle something of the past… ...
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is home to a tremendous array of ... ever creeping closer to world-renowned coral reefs and dive spots. Strandings of endangered dugongs and sea turtles have skyrocketed ...
Okinawa and its surrounding waters represent what marine biologists call a "shark and ray hotspot" in terms of both diversity ...
Three studies by TRAFFIC (the wildlife trade programme of WWF and IUCN) on the trade in shark fins; marine turtles and related products, i.e. eggs and shells; and several tuna species from Coral ...
Since the 1980s, Caribbean reef shark populations have dropped 52 percent. In some places, their numbers have plummeted by as much as 99 percent, and since 2021 the sharks have been classified as ...