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🦈 MEET TOÑO, THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE TRACKER! Tagged by Rafael de la Parra and his team with Ch’ooj Ajauil, in collaboration with Saving Our Sharks, Toño is the newest tiger shark featured on the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker! 🌊
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His addition gives us another opportunity to follow a tiger shark’s movements and learn more about how these animals use the waters around the Yucatán Peninsula.
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🦈 HAS BAKER FOUND A WHITE SHARK HOTSPOT? Baker has stayed in the same general area near the Southeast Shoal of Newfoundland’s Grand Banks since July 21. Now, nearly three months later, he’s still there!
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His latest ping on October 17 placed him ~201 miles off Newfoundland’s southeast coast. Could these offshore waters be an important foraging ground for adult white sharks? Baker’s extended stay is giving researchers more data to help understand how white sharks use this area.
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🦈 WHAT MAKES SHARKS SO RESILIENT? Sharks have some remarkable natural defenses that help them survive in the ocean, even when faced with injury. Download the free OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker app for daily Shark and ocean facts ➡️ ocearch.org/tracker
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🦈 WHAT IT TAKES TO ADVANCE SHARK SCIENCE Watch the full SHARKIVES Chapter 72, available exclusively with Shark Tracker+ on the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker app. Support the science. Protect the ocean. Unlock the story. ➡️ ocearch.org/app #OCEARCH #FactsOverFear
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🦈 HOW DO WE TRACK A SHARK WHEN THE PINGS GO QUIET? “By combining satellite tracking with acoustic detections, we can piece together a much more complete picture of Ormond’s movements,” says OCEARCH Senior Data Analyst John Tyminski.
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Since being tagged in 2022, Ormond’s acoustic tag has been detected more than 1,700 times, revealing movements that satellite tracking alone might miss. 📍Check out Ormond’s movements and track sharks like him on the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker ➡️ ocearch.org/app
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🦈 ONLY 200 ADVENT-URES. WILL YOU GET ONE? We’re getting closer to revealing our newest holiday surprise, and the countdown is officially on! Just 200 OCEARCH ADVENT-URE Calendars will be available, each one packed with 25 surprises for the whole family.
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🦈 MEET THERESA, OUR NEWEST WHALE SHARK! Theresa is now featured on the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker, giving us another opportunity to learn more about the world’s largest fish and the incredible journeys whale sharks make across our oceans.
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Theresa’s tagging was made possible through a collaboration between Ch’ooj Ajauil AC and the Katie Adamson Conservation Fund. We’re grateful to both partners for supporting shark research and conservation! #OCEARCH #WhaleShark #SharkScience #OceanResearch #OceanConservation
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🦈 WHITE SHARK ORMOND RESURFACES 9 MONTHS LATER! Between Oct. 9–10, we received 11 pings showing Ormond moving northeast off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. His latest ping places him ~28 miles southeast of Scatarie Island.
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Tagged in 2022, Ormond was named in honor of our longtime partner @CostaSunglasses for its 40th anniversary and commitment to ocean conservation. 🌊 📍Check out Ormond’s movements and track sharks like him on the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker ➡️ ocearch.org/app
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🔧 THE M/V OCEARCH IS GETTING READY FOR WHAT’S NEXT Our research vessel is heading to Jacksonville Machine & Repair (JMR) to begin its 10-year refit, helping ensure the ship is ready to support OCEARCH’s research and expeditions for years to come.
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