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New findings on basking sharks blow assumptions out of the water
Juvenile basking shark south of Malin Head, Ireland. Credit: Emmett Johnston, Queen’s University Belfast If basking sharks were like Canadians, their migration habits might be easily explained: Head south to avoid winter's chill, and north again to enjoy summer's warmth. It turns out basking sharks are a more complex puzzle, Western biology professor Paul Mensink…