science π¦ Whale shark deep dive caught feeding moments π¦
Cameras attached to whale shark dorsal fins captured them feeding at depths up to 68.8 metres. The footage was gathered by researchers from Murdoch University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. The observation covered data from four sharks during May of 2017 and 2018. This research provides an ethogram detailing six novel feeding behaviours observed during their descent. Future work will analyze these specific slow feeding patterns in marine biology studies.