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Mere hours after a basking shark was caught and tagged by a team of researchers cruising through waters of a proposed Irish marine park, the luckless animal was struck again, this time far more violently by a less vigilant vessel.
While the endangered shark likely can't wait to forget this entire traumatic day, the footage captured on the device she was tagged with provides valuable information about boat and marine animal collisions.) are filter feeders, which means they spend most of their time near the ocean's surface sifting plankton from the water.
In stark contrast to her initial activity, she didn't feed again after the impact in the 7.5 hours of remaining footage. This highlights how even when the collisions aren't directly fatal, they can cause detrimental changes in behavior and other longer term consequences like injuries, the researchers point out.
Basking sharks are endangered due to historical overfishing and culling, and Ireland's coastal waters are one of the few locations they are still known to gather in large numbers. Here they feed seasonally and may also use the area as their mating ground. Earlier this year, Ireland announced 70,000 acres of the very waters in which the shark was struck will become the country'sChapple and team recommend more protected areas throughout basking sharks range, to allow them safe places to feed.
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