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Angelsharks blend into the seabed, lunging at surprised prey (hakaimagazine.com)

submitted 1 year ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/greenspace

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The article itself is also pretty interesting: https://hakaimagazine.com/features/huh-our-fake-beach-is-good-for-sharks/

In the Canary Islands, endangered angelsharks and European tourists are attracted to the same habitat which, for once, isn’t bad for the wildlife.

But most of the people sunbathing on Teresitas are likely unaware of what lurks in the shallow waters lapping the shoreline. The bay—engineered and less than 10 kilometers from the Canaries’ second-largest city—is a surprising haven for pups of one of the world’s most critically endangered fish: the angelshark.

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[–] sludge 1 points 1 year ago

woah he killed that that guy