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Whalesharks wanted
Posted: 14 February 2004 04:00 PM
Last Update: 25 February 2005 06:54 PM
2 comment(s)
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Environment
Last Update: 25 February 2005 06:54 PM
2 comment(s)
Author: Andreas Voeltz (Industry)
Related Link: sharktrust.org
We would like to spread the word about a public call to photographers for helping to protect the biggest fish on earth. In Jan 2004 sharktrust.org lined up together with Project-A.W.A.R.E to start tracing the migration routes of whale sharks. These routes maintain yet unknown and are essential for enforcing the protection of this lovely species.
If you have photos of a whale shark, you can help! All you have to do is to send a copy to sharktrust.org or Project-A.W.A.R.E, and quote the place and date you took the picture.
Scientist are going to match the dot pattern with other photos from their database to identify the shark. The dot pattern on the whale shark is unique as a human fingerprint The more submissions are forwarded to scientists, the more precise the estimation of the migration routes is going to be.
If you have photos of a whale shark, you can help! All you have to do is to send a copy to sharktrust.org or Project-A.W.A.R.E, and quote the place and date you took the picture.
Scientist are going to match the dot pattern with other photos from their database to identify the shark. The dot pattern on the whale shark is unique as a human fingerprint The more submissions are forwarded to scientists, the more precise the estimation of the migration routes is going to be.
<SPAN >These animals can take care of themselves – they don’t need us to help them. They need us to leave them alone. The fact that we don’t know where they are all the time may be the only thing that keeps the species alive. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” ><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
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<SPAN >/Anders</SPAN>Posted by Anders Peterson on 02/23 at 02:27 AMAnders - it’s pretty clear that we (humans) will not leave them alone. So some help *is* in order.
Posted by Eric Cheng on 02/23 at 08:48 AM