Friday, July 27, 2012

Micro-chipping your Whale Shark


  1. Find a whale shark
  2. Make sure it's not looking
  3. Stick it with a receiver wand
  4. High-five your lab partner without breaking any major bones

This was only made possible by the fact that these whale sharks were being distracted by the buffet of trapped silverfish near Indonesia. 

We assume the purpose of this is to track migration routes, feeding habits, but more importantly mating rituals.  Scientists are such closet voyeurs. 

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