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Who are cookiecutter sharks, who assaulted and sank catamaran off Australia?

Who are cookiecutter sharks, who assaulted and sank catamaran off Australia?

Synopsis Cookiecutter sharks are 15-20-cm-long sharks. They radiance and have sharp teeth and they appear like a pencil. The little, 15-20-cm-long “cookiecutter” sharks surprised everybody consisting of the marine biologists when they assaulted and deflated a catamaran off the coast of Cairns in the Coral Sea. Russian National Geographic verified that the hull of the catamaran was harmed and 3 individuals were saved. 3 sailors were on a round-the-world exploration when they had an encounter with the little shark. Marine biologists think that it needs to have been “a case of incorrect identity”. “Cookiecutter shark misinterpreted catamaran” Prof Jodie Rummer, a marine biologist at James Cook University stated that maybe the sharks misinterpreted the catamaran to be a big carcass. She likewise stated that these sharks invest their time under the deep sea and hunt for the ‘cookies’ from sunset to dawn. She stated that these sharks travel in schools, they have actually restricted vision, and they may have seen the inflatable catamaran with a huge area that is soft and flat. Why is it called Cookiecutters? Daryl McPhee, an associate teacher of ecological science at Bond University informed reporters that the little sharks get themselves connected to a huge animal like a whale or a dolphin and cut off a biscuit-sized portion of flesh. They have sharp teeth, they radiance and appear like a pencil. Prof. Jodie Rummer stated that the cookiecutter is a parasite and acts in a different way. Cookiecutters put on
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