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This week&#8217;s episode talks about the hunting strategies of Great White Sharks, and how they relate to their energetics. Turns out, they&#8217;re kind of lazy hunters&#8230;check it out here!
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Here is the paper I discuss:
<a href="http://jeb.biologists.org/content/222/4/jeb185603">Swimming strategies and energetics of endothermic white sharks during foraging</a>

Episode 16 – Southern White Rhino Reproductive Success

Each week I'll be discussing a different current biological research topic, explaining how it applies to the real world. There's so much research going on, but so little of it makes it to the general public -- I'm here to change this. Blog: wordsaboutbiology.wordpress.com