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John Casellas Connors, Texas A&M University and Christopher Rea, The Ohio State University
(THE CONVERSATION) Gun and ammunition sales in the U.S. have skyrocketed in recent years. And although it may come as a surprise, this trend has supported conservation activities.
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That’s because every firearm and bullet produced or imported into the U.S. is subject to an excise tax dedicated to wildlife conservation and restoration. In 1998, these taxes generated about US$247 million in inflation-adjusted apportionments to state fish and wildlife agencies from the federal U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which collects and manages these funds. By 2018, these revenues had more than tripled to $829 million.
The NebraskaDepartment of Agriculture (NDA) announcedon Tuesday that it has confirmed a case of the highly contagious bird flu in a commercial flock of 570,000 broiler chickensand that the birds will be”humanely depopulated and disposed of.”
NDA, in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),said in a press releasethe highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in a chicken flock inButler County, Neb.
“HPAI is a highly contagious virus that spreads easily among birds through nasal and eye secretions, as well as manure,” NDA said. “The virus can be spread in various ways from flock to flock, including by wild birds, through contact with infected poultry, by equipment, and on the clothing and…
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A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in south-western Greenland, which has recorded unusually warm temperatures this winter.Photograph: David Goldman/AP
An extreme heat event in theArcticcould cause it to reach the maximum of the extent of its ice for this year “considerably earlier” than usual, a scientist has warned.
Temperature records were broken in Norway last week, withrain fallingat Svalbard airport, and unusually warm temperatures recorded inGreenlandand the Russian archipelago ofFranz Josef Land.
Some stations reportedly reached 30C warmer than usual for the Arctic winter. The situation was echoed at the south pole, with Concordia station, on the Antarctic Plateau, hitting arecord -11.8Con Friday, more than 40C warmer than usual for this time of year.
Often depicted as lone predators, great white sharks may be more social than originally thought, according to a new study from Florida International University
Often portrayed in popular culture as lone predators, great white sharks may be friendlier than we realized, according to new research.
Research tracking great white sharks off the coast of Mexico has revealed interesting insights into the mysterious social lives of these apex predators.
Researchers found that the great white sharks that gather seasonally around Guadalupe Island tend to stick together when patrolling. For instance, scientists observed great white sharks swimming together by seal colonies — like going on a shopping trip with friends.
The lead author of the new research, Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou of Florida International University (FIU), told SWNS, “Most associations were short. But there were sharks where we found considerably longer associations, much more likely to be social associations. Seventy minutes is a long time to be swimming around with another white shark.”
To collect their eye-opening research, Dr. Papastamatiou’s team put tags on great white sharks off the coast of Mexico that measured behavior and time spent with other tagged sharks.
“We showed sharks may form some strong associations — over a few days — with some individuals,” the lead author shared. “But there is a lot of variation between sharks in terms of how social they may be and how they behave.”
The data showed, for the most part, that great whites prefer to be in groups with members of the same sex. If the sharks shared any other similarities, it was in how unique each one was.
One tagged shark kept its tag on for only 30 hours and had one of the highest numbers of associations — 12 sharks. Another had the tag on for five days and only spent time with two other sharks.
The tagged great whites also displayed different hunting tactics — Some were active in shallow waters, others deeper down in the depths. Some were more active during the day, others at night.
“The important question we still have to answer is what is the reason for being social for these sharks?” Dr. Papastamatiou said. “We still don’t know. But it is likely they may stay in proximity of other individuals in case those individuals are successful in killing large prey.”
Observations of other species have shown that sociality can increase an animal’s ability to take advantage of another’s hunting success. The same may be happening with the great white sharks near Guadalupe.
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“They aren’t working together but being social could be a way to share information,” Dr. Papastamatiou added.
The study based on the new great white research was published in Biology Letters. Dr. Papastamatiou’s team hopes the additional evidence for great whites forming non-random friendships will encourage other researchers to tag, study and protect great white sharks.
“Technology now can really open up the secret lives of these animals.
“We are going beyond tracking where they are and where they go. As the technology gets better, we can keep answering more questions.”
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