QuoteScientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.
The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with its global counterpart, the common black-tip, was an unprecedented discovery with implications for the entire shark world, said lead researcher Jess Morgan.
"It's very surprising because no one's ever seen shark hybrids before, this is not a common occurrence by any stretch of the imagination," Morgan, from the University of Queensland, told AFP.
"This is evolution in action."
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They need to evolve poisonous fins.
Call me when they get Frickin' Laser Beams on their heads.
Oh no Dr. Octagon has escaped to Australia, next up Half shark-alligator half man.
Quote from: McQ on January 04, 2012, 04:35:02 AM
Call me when they get Frickin' Laser Beams on their heads.
hahaha, you beat me to it!
This makes me curious as to just how far apart species can be and still interbreed. I know these were two subsets of basically the same species, but I would honestly love to see something a bit more out there happen.
Quote from: KingPhilip on January 04, 2012, 03:31:53 PM
This makes me curious as to just how far apart species can be and still interbreed. I know these were two subsets of basically the same species, but I would honestly love to see something a bit more out there happen.
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I'm going to have nightmares about that thing now.