Fish of the Week!

Pacific Sleeper Shark!

Jun 10, 2024 · 39 min · Season 4 · Episode 23 · 94.8 MB
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Get to know a huge, bendy, slow-moving shark that looks like a giant log, has cantaloupe-sized eyeballs, and loves a delicious whale fall. Our guests are Cindy Tribuzio and Beth Matta with NOAA. Beth is a research fisheries biologist in the Age and Growth Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Cindy is a research biologist with the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Auke Bay Laboratories.

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  • Salmon Shark (S1:E29)