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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 05:36 PM Jan 2012

World-first hybrid shark found off Australia

http://news.yahoo.com/world-first-hybrid-shark-found-off-australia-070347608.html

Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.

The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with its global counterpart, the common black-tip, was an unprecedented discovery with implications for the entire shark world, said lead researcher Jess Morgan.

"It's very surprising because no one's ever seen shark hybrids before, this is not a common occurrence by any stretch of the imagination," Morgan, from the University of Queensland, told AFP.

"This is evolution in action."


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World-first hybrid shark found off Australia (Original Post) Roland99 Jan 2012 OP
Has Monsanto patented it yet? gratuitous Jan 2012 #1
... sakabatou Jan 2012 #5
Can't have really happened given that there's no such thing... Moonwalk Jan 2012 #2
Sharks that run on gas OR electricity... beac Jan 2012 #3
do they have frickin laser beams attached to their heads? leftyohiolib Jan 2012 #4
All we have are ill-tempered sea bass. sakabatou Jan 2012 #6
You know, I think this happens alot more than we know. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #7
Agree, it's a big ocean. harun Jan 2012 #9
Shit this is what happens when you dump old Prius batteries in the ocean! Fearless Jan 2012 #8
It gets 50 nautical miles to the gallon. Charlemagne Jan 2012 #10
ha! Roland99 Jan 2012 #11
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