Sea turtles stay still to avoid detection by prowling tiger sharks, according to scientists who clamped cameras to the dorsal fins of the apex predator off the coast of WA WAtoday petedekruijff
Sea turtles stay still to avoid detection by prowling tiger sharks, according to scientists who clamped cameras to the dorsal fins of the apex predator off the coast of Western Australia.
What a turtle looks like to a tiger shark on the seafloor and near the ocean surface at Ningaloo Reef.Dr Laura Ryan, a neurobiologist from Macquarie University who has studied how juvenile white sharks can confuse surfers for seals, said the tigers found it hard to detect turtles when they remained motionless and blended into the background.
Stanford University marine biologist Dr Samantha Andrzejaczek, who co-authored the paper based on field trips from her time at the University of WA, said one of her conclusions was tiger sharks in the study area were exceptionally lazy.Alex Kydd