Scientists explain what’s really going on with two white sharks traveling along the Atlantic coast.
“Surprisingly, we see more and more that white sharks might fit into that social category,” Papastamatiou says. If something similar were happening with Simon and Jekyll, “this would be the first time we would have evidence of [white sharks] actually traveling to these sites together.”
Heuter explains that sharks are guided by factors such as seawater temperatures, the amount of light each day, and the location of hotspots for certain kinds of prey. They’ve also traveled these routes before, “so they know the road,” he says.Another possibility remains. The researchers are currently running genetic tests to find out whether Simon and Jekyll are related.
However, if the results do reveal Simon and Jekyll are brothers, it could “revolutionize the perspective on sibling relationships in these animals,” he adds. “This really makes us stop and think about the genetic basis of these migratory movements.”
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