![]() The researchers tagged and tracked individual, free-swimming tiger sharks and equipped them with biologging camera packages, including the first-ever deployment of a 360-degree camera borne by a marine animal. ![]() The crystal clear waters on the Bahama Banks allow seagrass to grow well below standard depths accessible to SCUBA divers. Tiger sharks dive deeper than other shark species that prefer these habitats, making them ideal for helping to map seagrass ecosystems. Adults migrate long distances over banks and form concentrated spots at seasonal hotspots, often choosing seagrass as their preferred habitat. Tiger sharks are a wide-ranging apex predator found in the Bahamas Banks. The extent of seagrasses globally is unknown, but with the help of tiger sharks, researchers were able to determine, for the first time, the full extent of the seagrass located in the Bahamas. ![]() Authors of a new study have collaborated with an unlikely group of partners to help map the largest seagrass ecosystem in the world - tiger sharks. ![]()
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