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Hybrid sharks

Hybrid sharks. By Matthew botts. The World's First Hybrid Shark Could Be A Sign Of Climate Change Dina Spector|January 03, 2012| 7,021| 40  4  4 Common black-tip shark. ( Wikipedia )

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Hybrid sharks

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  1. Hybrid sharks By Matthew botts

  2. The World's First Hybrid Shark Could Be A Sign Of Climate Change • Dina Spector|January 03, 2012| • 7,021|40 •  4 •  4 • Common black-tip shark. (Wikipedia) • The world's first hybrid shark was discovered by scientists in waters off Australia's east coast on Tuesday, reports Amy Coopes of the AFP. • Researchers from the University of Queensland found the hybrids to be a mix between the common black-tip shark and the smaller Australian black-tip, which thrives in warmer waters than its global cousin.  • Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-03/news/30583389_1_climate-change-hybrids-conservation-genetics#ixzz1uNxwKvdP

  3. In what is being hailed as the first evidence of inter-species hybridization among sharks, researches at the University of Queensland discovered 57 sharks possessing DNA of both the Australian blacktip and the common blacktip sharks. • University of Queensland

  4. The scientists say interbreeding between the two shark species is a sign the animals are adapting to climate change and they also warn that hybridization could make the sharks stronger. • "Hybridization could enable the sharks to adapt to environmental change as the smaller Australian blacktip currently favors tropical waters in the north while the larger common blacktip is more abundant in sub-tropical and temperate waters along the south-eastern Australian coastline," Ovenden said. • Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/03/hybrid-sharks-found-in-australian-waters/#ixzz1uNyhdgA9

  5. "[But] sharks physically mate, which is usually a good way to make sure you don't hybridize with the wrong species." • Read more on the strange, hybrid sharks at The Australian. •   Print •   Email •   Share •   Comments  (1507) • inShare13 • Related Slideshow • The World's Most Fearsome Man-Eaters • Related Stories Incredibly Lifelike Steve Jobs Action Figure Due in Feb.Loch Ness Monster's Home Not on the LevelNASA Marks 2012 With Twin Probes in Moon OrbitRead more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/03/hybrid-sharks-found-in-australian-waters/#ixzz1uNynZ4Ge

  6. Top 10 unorthodox sharks • 04 Jan 2012 • Sharks hunting seals • 30 Dec 2011 • Killer whale attacks sharks • 29 Dec 2011 • Cape Town put beaches on shark alert • 12 Dec 2011 • Surfer 'lucky to be alive' after shark bites board • 12 Dec 2011 • Shark repellent' invented by surfer • 16 Nov 2011 • Dr Simfendorfer said hybrids are often sterile but there is evidence the new sharks have been breeding both with each other and with members of the separate black-tip species. Surprisingly

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