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Scientists develop new, minimally invasive way to uncover more about what sharks eat – Phys.org
As it turns out, poop can tell you a lot about a shark’s diet.
As it turns out, poop can tell you a lot about a shark’s diet.
Traditional methods to determine the diet of a shark aren’t very pleasant. With a living shark, its stomach can be partially pulled out through its mouth for a quick visual examinationwhich is mostly done on younger, smaller shark. But, even then, this doesn’t always work and sometimes the stomach is empty. It also doesn’t reveal all the species of prey that were eaten.
Scientists in the Florida International University (FIU) Institute…
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