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☆ First ever sighting of newborn great white reported
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Drone footage shot off the coast of Southern California may have revealed the first ever glimpse of a newborn great white shark in the wild. Adult great white sharks are gray on top and white underneath. “I believe it was a newborn white shark shedding its embryonic layer.”The case for the baby great white sightingWhile in utero, embryonic sharks feed on unfertilized eggs for protein. If their assessment is correct, it’s the first time that a newborn great white shark has been observed in the wild. In addition, other researchers have suggested this location off the coast of central California is a birthing ground for great white sharks.

Persons: Carlos Gauna, Phillip Sternes, Sternes, ” Sternes, “, ”, ” Gauna, Gavin Naylor, ” Naylor, wasn’t, Nicholas Ray, Ray, Greg Skomal Organizations: CNN, University of California, Florida Program, Shark Research, University of Florida, Florida Museum, Nottingham Trent University, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Locations: Southern California, Carpinteria , California, University of California Riverside, California, South Africa

☆ Researchers spotted a baby great white for the first time ever, and it could help solve one of shark science's biggest mysteries
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementLast summer, a drone captured footage of a ghostly white shark near the coast of Santa Barbara, California. It turned out to be an extremely rare sighting of a baby white shark, and its appearance could help scientists solve some big mysteries. A strange white colorDespite their name, white sharks are usually gray and white. AdvertisementPregnant white sharks produce the yellowish fluid, uterine milk, to provide nutrition for the developing embryo. "Observations of free-swimming newborn white sharks are extremely rare," Tobey Curtis, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shark scientist who didn't participate in the research, told Science.

Persons: —, Carlos Gauna, Phillip Sternes, Sternes, Tobey Curtis, Curtis Organizations: Service, University of California, Administration, Science Locations: California, Santa Barbara , California, Riverside

☆ Megalodons were skinnier than we previously thought, new study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Megalodons, the huge prehistoric sharks depicted in movies such as “The Meg,” had more slender bodies than was previously thought, according to a new study. Many mysteries remain about the biology of megalodons, but until now, great white sharks had been used to model their appearance. The dark grey silhouette depicts the previously reconstructed body form, based on the great white shark. Kenshu Shimada/DePaul UniversityThis new research is based on the reappraisal of an incomplete set of fossil vertebrae found in Belgium. The research suggests that “the modern great white shark may not necessarily serve as a good modern analog for assessing at least certain aspects” of megalodon biology, said Shimada.

Persons: CNN — Megalodons, Meg, ”, Kenshu Shimada, Phillip Sternes, megalodons, megalodon, Shimada, ” Shimada, “ Organizations: CNN, DePaul University in, University of California, DePaul University Locations: DePaul University in Chicago, Riverside, Belgium

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