News Headline
Climate Change Is Affecting Shark Swimming Behavior
Source
Forbes
Publication Date
2018-12-27
Climate change has been on everyone’s tongue lately, with many wondering how this phenomenon is changing our animals. Australian scientists have discovered one way it is altering the behavior of one of our oceanic predators: sharks. According to the study published in the Symmetry magazine, our warming oceans are causing the Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) to change its swimming patterns and essentially becoming “right-handed.”