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Of course I did. Did you read my post? (1) cold-shock is not freezing to death. (2) sharks don't cold-shock. (3) they died from stranding.Title says "dying from cold shock", not from being stranded. From the same article. Did you even read the title?
Again, your title is misleading. They are not "freezing to death," and nothing in the article says that.In addition, in the article it is clear that cold shock is still speculation. Not trying to harass you, just to mitigate the hyperbole..
This is from a National Marine Fisheries person:
Three Thresher Sharks Found Stranded on Cape Cod Beaches
Here is a quote from that article:
"The...sharks died from being stranded."
So, the sequence is cold water (not nearly so cold as the air!), the sharks swim south (as they usually do), they bump into Cap Cod sticking out, they strand (as they often do), and then they die from exposure, on the beach. It is the stranding that killed them. They would die anyway, on the beach. As far as I know, sharks do NOT cold-stun (sometimes called cold-shock); that is something that happens to sea turtles.
No, they disagree with everyone else. They are using the wrong term in an inapplicable way. Read the reports on this event from the science professionals, not the advocacy folks. And also note even the AWSC was speclating, not giving a fact. It was the reporters who moved the goalpost.Apparently the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy disagrees with you.
I've read that sharks get stranded from navigation /shore issues. Yes this seemed new. Yet was misleading. So if the OP felt they were raising awareness to climate change effects on sharks and other wildlife, they backfired in adding to the concern that some (they) are sensationalizing and perhaps lying about it. NOT HELPFUL!!the post heading read sharks stranded, I may not have bothered reading the post
Only fools and those with a financial ax to grind deny the reality of climate change. 2017 has been the hottest year on record. The water inside that little pocket of the Atlantic is always colder than surrounding temps.I've read that sharks get stranded from navigation /shore issues. Yes this seemed new. Yet was misleading. So if the OP felt they were raising awareness to climate change effects on sharks and other wildlife, they backfired in adding to the concern that some (they) are sensationalizing and perhaps lying about it. NOT HELPFUL!!
If they are trying to discredit concerns about climate change by creating apparently easily falsifiable fake news about it. great job...