{"id":434259,"date":"2022-04-20T00:51:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/study-finds-great-white-sharks-hunt-in-pairs\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T00:51:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:51:42","slug":"study-finds-great-white-sharks-hunt-in-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/study-finds-great-white-sharks-hunt-in-pairs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Study finds Great White sharks hunt in pairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2583852605d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One shark is scary enough \u2014 but where there\u2019s one, there\u2019s likely more.<\/p>\n<p>Using daring techniques, including freediving with Great Whites, researchers have discovered that the beasts might help each other hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Sharks are not thought of traditionally as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> animals, who coordinate ambush attacks on prey.<\/p>\n<p>However, what constitutes a social action can be far more subtle than coordinating an attack, according to Yannis Papastamatiou, a marine biologist specializing in predators.<\/p>\n<p>Simply communicating the location of prey to another member of the species might increase the likelihood that both predators walk, or swim, away with a meal.<\/p>\n<p>Papastamatiou wrote for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/great-white-sharks-occasionally-hunt-in-pairs-new-research-sheds-light-on-social-behavior-of-these-mysterious-predators-180478\">The Conversation<\/a>: \u201cWhile the sharks may not be cooperating, they can still potentially benefit by hanging out with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She and colleagues in Guadalupe Island outfitted Great Whites with transmitters that would indicate when they came within 100 feet of other sharks.<\/p>\n<p>They found that some sharks are more solitary, while two others stood out as extremely social, \u201c[associating] with 12 and 16 other individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-26.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Great White Shark\" class=\"wp-image-21961456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-26.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-26.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-26.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There is only one known human survivor of an attack involving more than one Great White shark. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A group of sharks is, terrifyingly, called a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/08\/13\/902157235\/everyone-needs-a-buddy-even-sharks\">shiver of sharks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/aug\/27\/experience-i-was-attacked-by-two-sharks-at-once\">Shannon Ainslie<\/a>\u00a0was attacked by two Great Whites at the same time at Nahoon Reef in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Miraculously, he survived with minor injuries to his arm, wrist and hand.<\/p>\n<p>He is the only known survivor of an attack involving more than one Great White.<\/p>\n<p>Ainslie moved to Norway where there are no sharks in the frigid Scandinavian waters \u2014 but he did have a frightening encounter with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/entertainment\/tv-and-film-its-been-two-years-since-arnold-schwarzenegger-was-kicked-by-a-fan-20210520\">two orcas whales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The likelihood of being attacked by a shark is minuscule \u2014\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surfertoday.com\/surfing\/what-are-my-chances-of-being-attacked-and-killed-by-a-shark#:~:text=The%20odds%20of%20being%20attacked,lifetime%20than%20the%20ocean's%20predator.\">SurferToday<\/a>\u00a0says your chances of being killed by a shark are 1 in 3,748,067 or .0000026%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-27.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"sharks\" class=\"wp-image-21961518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Great-White-sharks-27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to Surfer Today, the likelihood of a human getting attacked by a shark is very small. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Image Source<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite that statistic, it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears Steven Spielberg\u2019s classic film Jaws has a lasting grip on swimmers\u2019 psyches, with the National Post reporting that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/shark-phobia-the-memory-of-jaws-continues-to-scare-swimmers-away-from-the-ocean\">43%<\/a>\u00a0of people have chronic fears of swimming because of sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Great White sharks are a vulnerable species entitled to conservation protections \u2014 their extinction might bring some 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