A Juvenile Nurse Shark and Caribbean Reef Shark (IMAGE)

The Institute for Ocean Conservation Science

A Juvenile Nurse Shark and Caribbean Reef Shark

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Filmed at Belize's Glover's Reef Marine Reserve, this footage shows a juvenile nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) (left) and a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) (right) competing for access to the bait cage of one of the baited remote underwater video cameras used in the study, nicknamed "chum cams." Note: Belize's Glover's Reef Marine Reserve is a coral atoll.

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Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University

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