Hundreds of sharks swim together down reef 'superhighway' in rare footage
dailystar.co.uksharks hanging out in a manmade reef has been hailed as a very rare finding by wildlife researchers.In the clip, spinner sharks swim together without showing "predatory" behavior, indicating they are healthy and well-fed.The artificial reef is located six miles offshore from Port O'Connor, Texas, and was made to encourage more marine life to inhabit the area and create "better fishing" for enthusiasts.Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation uploaded the "world-class" video on Facebook on Tuesday (February 8).In the caption, they explained: "These sharks were intermingled with Jack Crevalle, but did not exhibit any predatory behavior."This is only a short segment of the entire video and is a world-class example of shark congregating behavior."These congregations are rare and indicate healthy fish populations in the area."Ph.D.
student Kelsey Martin, a researcher at the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation, filmed the footage at the "Keeping it Real" reef, which is made from concrete.Spinner sharks normally grow two metres long, although they can reach three metres, and weigh a maximum of 90kg.They don't regard humans as prey so attacks are rare, but if triggered by a feeding frenzy when people are spearfishing they will sometimes bite.In total, there are 17 recorded instances of spinner shark attacks against humans and none of them were fatal.Meanwhile, a researcher had a much more hairy experience when a great white shark attacked his boat.The shark grabbed a rope attached to the rope and started dragging it around like a "tug of war" according to the marine scientist.Meanwhile, a woman in Australia was bitten by a shark on Monday (February 7) and left a "trail of blood" in the water.The bather was.
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