A 3-Species-Strong Family Of Thresher Sharks Cruis..

A 3-species-strong family of thresher sharks cruises around open oceans, (mostly) far away from lands. Their stunning, very long, whip-like tail is their secret superpower!

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With these sharks reaching nearly 6 metres in length, their tails are often the length of the entire body – or even longer. For a long time people suspected that there must be more to the thresher tail than just its beauty. Thanks to the underwater footage captured in 2010 in the Philippines, it was confirmed that threshers use their powerful tails for hunting.

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Swimming at great speed towards shoals of sardines or other small fishes and then slapping the tail like a whip in their direction while coming to an abrupt halt, these sharks stun their prey in numbers. You can watch one in action on go.nature.com/2CsfvxS – isn’t this a real superpower?

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Sadly, all three thresher shark species are threatened with extinction due to overfishing, with pelagic threshers (Alopias pelagicus) in particular danger, having declined by up to 79% in the Indo-Pacific.

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