Silky satellite tagging (IMAGE)

Save Our Seas Foundation

Silky satellite tagging

Caption

Time is the essence. Researchers deploy a fin-mounted satellite tag on a silky shark to track her movements in almost real time, a procedure that is completed in around 5 minutes.

Credit

Pelayo Salinas de León

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