Pregnant shark that vanished might have been consumed by another shark
The pregnant porbeagle shark after being tagged by scientistsJon Dodd
A pregnant porbeagle shark might have been consumed by a terrific white shark near Bermuda, in the very first taped occurrence of its kind.
In October 2020, Brooke Anderson, then at Arizona State University, and her coworkers tagged a pregnant porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) south-east of Cape Cod in Massachusetts as part of research study into pregnant shark migration.
The scientists utilized pop-off tags, which constantly determine the depth and temperature level of the shark. When the tag separates from the shark and drifts to the surface area, the kept information is pinged back to coast.
5 months after the pregnant shark was tagged, the tag resurfaced south-west of Bermuda and the scientists got information on it...