Divelink Cebu join Global Shark Diving!

Source.

Watch - story here.

Nice.

Dennis did then travel to the CITES CoP and the rest, as they say is history. From what I understand, the listing has since led to the full protection of the Threshers within the Philippines.

Dennis works for Divelink Cebu.

Clearly the top of the crop when it comes to diving with those fantastic Pelagic Threshers off Malapascua Island, this admirable locally owned dive shop is at the origin of local marine conservation NGO Project Sharklink,  has organized local fishermen to patrol and protect Monad Shoal and conducts stellar research together with Simon Oliver's  Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project.

They are everything we could ever wish for in a member of GSD, and we are proud and thankful that they have agreed to join our ranks.

Welcome aboard!

Next candidate?

Ideally, they should be hailing from the tropical Indian Ocean or the Red Sea - and they need to meet our three guiding principles!

Any suggestions please right here!

 

Pelagic Thresher Birth!

Click for detail - amazing!

Wow

I just got this from a friend.
More once I know more.

PS: thank you Saffron Pimpernel and thank you Johann for the link to the article!

El Diego - it's a Boy!

Bravo!

El Diego has just published his master's paper.

I must say that in its details, it far surpasses the knowledge accumulated in my truncated biology studies many decades ago - but what I (maybe) understand, is that it provides evidence for two distinct populations of Pelagic Threshers in the Pacific. Considering that this is an extremely wide-ranging epipelagic Shark, this is rather spectacular - as is the fact that individuals from the two groups are living sympatrically in Hawaii without interbreeding, a fact that could indicate that they may well be distinct subspecies or species.

Or maybe I understand nothing and it's all different.

You be the judge of that - open-access paper here!

Enjoy!

Malapascua - Video!

And talking of those Pelagic Threshers.

I really did like this.

Monad Shoal close to Malapascua Island is where divers get to experience those Sharks being cleaned, whereas they have been filmed hunting at Pescador Island.

Enjoy!

Pelagic Threshers - epic Video!

All tail - source.

Wow.
What a beautiful, elegant animal!

This is really, really nice stuff!
It not only shows them hunting but even feeding!
Remember the paper?

Enjoy!

Very friendly Thresher - Video!

Pelagic Threshers - source.

Really nice!
More about those Sharks here and here!

Enjoy!

Hunting Threshers - Two!

Source.

Remember?

Here are some more hunting scenes.
Enjoy!

Source - click for detail!

Hunting Threshers - epic!

Source.

How awesome is this!

These are Pelagic Threshers in Pescador Island.

They use their tails as whips to swat and stun those Sardines, after which they can turn back and calmly consume them.

Open-source paper here!

Thresher Sharks at Cleaning Station!

Amazing pic by Jean-Mariel Ghislain of Shark Revolution!

Wonderful footage!
It is from the Monad Shoal off Malapascua and depicts Pelagic Threshers being cleaned by two species of Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus and Thalassoma lunare.
This behavior is the topic of the research by the good people of The Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project who have recently published their findings in this open source paper. Good stuff and very nice presentation, too - click on the various figures in light blue, or check out the entire layout here!
Should you not have the time to read it in its entirety, consult the nice recaps by the BBC and by Richard.

Enjoy!





The following footage is equally amazing.
It shows Threshers hunting small Fishes and trying to swat and stun them with their tail - e.g. at 1:27!