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Always in on the wildlife action, this guy.

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Giant great white shark caught off P.E.I. was 'a teenager'


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New research into great white sharks has revealed that a giant shark caught off P.E.I. in 1983 still had a lot of growing to do.


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The 5.3-metre long shark was listed last summer on the Discovery Channel as number two on its list of top five legendary sharks.

Now researchers have found the shark was still a youngster with a lot of growing to do.

New studies in the U.S. and Canada that examined the P.E.I. shark's bones, along with others, show that sharks grow more slowly and mature much later than previously thought. The research gives precise dating of the age of sharks by looking for evidence of exposure to radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 60s.

The researchers determined great whites live for about 70 years, and don't mature until age 30. The P.E.I. shark was just 20 years old.

"It's a teenager in shark years," said Steven Campana, head of the Canadian Shark Research Lab at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia.
 
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The research gives precise dating of the age of sharks by looking for evidence of exposure to radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 60s.
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The researchers determined great whites live for about 70 years, and don't mature until age 30. The P.E.I. shark was just 20 years old.

"It's a teenager in shark years," said Steven Campana, head of the Canadian Shark Research Lab at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia.
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:horsehead: what kinda shit is that. somebody should be sued
 
I saw a single goose flying by out my window the other day.

It startled me.

Lots of geese in these parts. They always fly in V formation. I know there is a scientific reason for that.

I have seen all numbers in flocks. Sometimes very large numbers. Often the V is unbalanced.



A single goose tho ---> :fok:
 
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