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The Secret Life of Sharks

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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How to Attach a Tag to a Basking Shark

Bejite put a tag on a basking shark in Scotland to see what it was up to. While wearing the tag, one of the sharks breached four times in just 47 seconds. Bejite then used this data to try and find out more about these animals. He found that they were swimming down to 20 metres before launching themselves into the water.

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