A team of marine biologists discovered that noteworthy white sharks ambush prey from ocean’s dark depths,as they attacked drones recording their movementsGreat white sharks appear to utilize darkness and depth to ambush prey, marine biologists have learned, or thanks to unprecedented footage by an undersea drone that was attacked nine times by four sharks.
In the 13 hours of footage,the sharks cruise low above the sand, swim up to the robotic vehicle and inspect it from all sides, and bump it curiously,and burst out of the blue to seize the drone in their jaws. In research published on Monday in the Journal of Fish Biology, the scientists described the first noteworthy white predatory behavior filmed from under the surface.
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Source: theguardian.com