Great White Wanderlust
A female great white shark named Nicole after actress Nicole Kidman crossed the Indian Ocean twice in a nine-month period, traveling roundtrip between South Africa and Australia.
A female great white shark named
Nicole after actress Nicole Kidman crossed the Indian Ocean twice in a
nine-month period, traveling roundtrip between South Africa and
Australia. This is the first transoceanic return trip ever documented
in sharks, and the fastest such voyage on record for any marine
organism. Researchers describing the finding in the current issue of
Science further note that Nicole is the first physical link
found between two important and far-flung shark populations, and that
these animals may be more vulnerable to commercial fishing in the open
ocean than previously believed.