The understanding of sharks behavior is becoming increasingly more clear thanks to scientists installation of crittercams.
Scientists are monitoring 14 tiger sharks, six galapagos sharks, five sandbar sharks, five bluntnose sharks, six gill sharks, and a prickly shark to see how sharks consume food, where they swim to, the way they maneuver in the water The Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The cameras also record the sharks' behavior when they arrive to their location of interest.
"I was really amazed by all the images we got back," Carl Meyer, main author of the findings told The Times. a marine biologist at the University of Hawaii. "It's mesmerizing to see that shark's-eye perspective of the shark interacting with the coral reef and the fishes," Meyer told The Times. Meyer is also a marine biologist at the University of Hawaii.
"We had no idea that these mixed-species aggregations existed, even though it's just a few miles offshore," Meyer told The Times.
Scientists utilize the cameras, and a sensor to detect how deep the sharks are, and their rate of speed The Times reported.
A transmitter with very high frequency or device that distributes signals is also utilized to tell where the crittercams go after they come apart from the shark and up to the water's surface for scientists to look at The Times reported.
"It is all about getting a much deeper understanding of sharks' ecological role in the ocean, which is important to the health of the ocean and, by extension, to our own well-being," the scientists said in a statement Top News reported.
Scientists put the crittercams on the sharks' fins via tonic immobility, or by putting the fish on its back when becomes frightened and relaxed The Times reported.
The technology is then installed after the shark is up righted, and while it is still asleep
