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Sharks Defy Expectations: Incredible Dorsal Fin Regeneration Found in Silky Sharks - World Report Now

"I made an accidental and astonishing discovery while studying the movements of sharks off the coast of Florida."

An adult male silky shark was spotted with a huge chunk of its fin missing. A year later, it had almost completely regrown. Heres the amazing story behind the discovery.

Chelsea Black was tracking sharks for science when one of her sharks turned up with a hole in its dorsal fin. The following year, the hole was gone.

Rather than a tracking tag telling scientists where this shark traveled, its violent removal let them observe an unexpected regeneration process. Josh…

After scientists’ GPS tracking tag was violently removed from one shark’s dorsal fin, they were in for a surprise: The wound didn’t just heal, but the missing tissue grew back.

'Then' and 'now' underwater images taken by scuba divers have confirmed a dramatic instance of tissue regeneration in a silky shark, the dorsal fin of which

Images taken a year apart are the first evidence of fin regeneration in silky sharks.

A silky shark photographed with a massive tear in its dorsal fin has reappeared with an astonishing makeover nearly a year after it was first discovered with the injury.

A University of Miami PhD student led the research.