Tiger shark vomits up echidna, startling Australian scientists
Tiger shark vomits up echidna, startling Australian scientists
A tiger shark's spiky snack has shocked marine researchers.
Researchers from James Cook University were tagging marine life on the northeast coast when the 3m tiger shark they caught vomited up a dead echidna.
Nicolas Lubitz, a PhD candidate who studies marine predators, said he could only assume the shark gobbled up the echidna while it was swimming in the shallows off the island, or travelling between islands, which the animals are known to do.
Nicolas Lubitz, a PhD candidate who studies marine predators, said he could only assume the shark gobbled up the echidna while it was swimming in the shallows off the island, or travelling between islands, which the animals are known to do.
TIL echidnas can swim
...dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to a hedgehog, which is usually found in forests, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands.
damnit! I did not have "universe gives us an actual land shark" on my 2024 bingo card. this decade is just gonna stay weird, isnt it...
Not actual land sharks; actual sea echidnas.
Watch out, they'll prick your toes.
Would’ve been a prickly meal.
I am impressed the shark got it out again and didn't end up with a permanent internal echidna spine collection.
Straight out of one of those Sonic games where you can choose your own character.
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I'm more certain than ever that tiger sharks are called that because they can morph into tigers to hunt land animals.