Thresher sharks use tail-slaps as a hunting strategy.
The hunting strategies of pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) were investigated at Pescador Island in the Philippines. It has long been suspected that thresher sharks hunt with their scythe-like tails but the kinematics associated with the behaviour in the wild are poorly understood. From 61...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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