To Protect Livestock From Predators, Some Look to the Skies
In the West, researchers are using drones to scare off predators. The approach is promising, but not without pitfalls.
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In the West, researchers are using drones to scare off predators. The approach is promising, but not without pitfalls.
"Beachgoers reported seeing splashing and aggressive shark activity prior to the whale washing ashore," the City of Huntington Beach said in a statement.
Warming oceans due to climate change mean that "areas that were not habitable to the animal now are," marine biologist Yannis P. Papastamatiou told Newsweek.
Biologists were stunned to find a mysterious cold-water shark thousands of miles away from its natural habitat, according to a recent marine study.
The natural habitat of the Greenland shark — that can live up to 500 years — is the icy waters of the Arctic.