Scientists have figured out what you’re afraid of white sharks

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Ученые выяснили, чего боятся белые акулы It turns out that these animals also feel fear.

Experts from the aquarium “Monterey Bay” found that even such formidable predators like white sharks, recognize the authority of the whales.

The study of American experts have shown that white sharks leave favorite feeding sites, if there is orcas. The main subject of a “dispute” predators – seals. As biologists have found out, seeing whales, sharks leave their “hunting grounds” and does not return within a year, even if orcas were just passing through.

The researchers analyzed the results of observations 165 cipherbyname white sharks on the National marine reserve “Farallones island” for the years 2006-2013, as well as analyzed the results of observations of seals, whales and sharks near the Islands for the last 27 years.

“We don’t usually think about how fear and risk aversion may play a role in how predators choose places for hunting, but also affect ocean ecosystems, says the study’s lead author Salvador Jorgensen (Jorgensen Salvador). – It turns out that the risk is very strongly influenced by even large predators such as white sharks, who are ready to shift their hunting activities in a less preferred, but more secure areas”.

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