Tagged Whale Sharks 'surprise' Scientists
July 13, 2005 @ 11:06 AM (EST)
Source: IOL
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) researchers began tagging whale sharks off Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef two months ago.
Information from the transponders they attached to the sharks showed that there is no set pattern to their travels.
"One's been hanging around the bottom of Java in Indonesian waters for about a couple of weeks," AIMS researcher Mark Meakin said. "A couple of others have swum up towards Christmas Island and now seem to be headed out, out into the open Indian Ocean somewhere."
He added: "A couple of other sharks, on the other hand, seem to be quite happy at Ningaloo and have only just left there after we tagged them a couple of months ago in May."
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