A study suggests modern shipping is killing far more of the endangered species than previously thought.
are largely found in tropical waters. They like to swim near the surface of the sea — and their numbers have been falling.Using satellite-linked tags, the team tracked movements of 348 whale sharks. Then they matched the data with information about the movements of the kinds of ships capable of killing the massive animals. More than 90 percent of the whale activity overlapped with busy shipping corridors.
hundreds of meters below, which is the ‘smoking gun’ of a lethal ship strike,” David Sims, a University of Southampton marine ecology professor and co-author, said in a news release. “It is sad to think that many deaths of these incredible animals have occurred globally due to ships without us even knowing to take preventative measures.
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