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| Freckles! (Aka the spots she has) |
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| Shark Bag |
Meet Freckles! She's a year and 3 month old Grey
Nurse Shark. She's really a special shark because she is an endangered species that was born at UnderWater World. She's gotten too big for her tank so we caught her and moved her to the other tank.
You may be wondering how do you catch a 8ft shark?
Well you use a large marine life bag. Its plastic thats fills with water so that you never have to take the shark entirely out of the water. It closes with only velcro so you have it can be dangerous if she starts to get out. Unlike most sharks nurse sharks do not have to remain in motion to breathe, but you still want to move quickly to make the process less stressful for the shark. With a shark that must be swimming the process would be more difficult becasue you would have to simulate swimming by running water through the gills with a hose.
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| PVC pipes used a fence |
We use divers to hold the bad in place while other divers slowly corner the her. Once shes cornered the divers use PVC piles to keep keep her fenced in. (This is a very slow process becuase you do not want to cause stress or scare the shark.) It took about a hour to coax her into the bag. Once she's in we shut the bag and mover her as quick as possible out of one tank to the next by lifting her and all the water as well.
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| Freckles in the bag |
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