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I read about a similar incident, maybe its the one you are thinking of. An African Elephant, dying of thirst, started swimming to a nearby island in search of water. Witnesses saw it being attacked by a shark or sharks, and it never made it to the nearby island.

Wow, very interesting! I don't know which is the more interesting part of the story- seeing a giant tiger shark, or learning that they eat woodpeckers.

It is hypothesized that people with anorexia grow many fine body hairs due to chronic low body temperature. Sort of like the peach fuzz on an adolescent's cheek.

I've seen documentaries of tiger sharks and oceanic whitetips acting very aggressively and causing the divers to get out of the water. The tiger shark is especially aggressive when pregnant. In one documentary, the tiger shark chased the divers out of the water, after it devoured a 6-foot black...

Hmmm, lets see if I can remember the requirements to be a vertebrate. It's been close to 10 years now: Hollow dorsal notochord Nerve chord Post-anal tail Pharengyial gill slits Did I hit them?

I know of many examples where similar situations have occurred.

The facts speak for themselves. Nobody has been killed. Whaling is probably down (from the statistics the Sea Shepherd has released), and there have been hundreds (most likely thousands) of news articles written on how whales are eaten (instead of studied) in Japan.

What types of animals eat the egg capsules of the squid? Seems like they are extremely vulnerable, a bright white bundle contrasted against a sandy bottom. Do the egg capsules have some kind of chemical defense against predators? Or is that why the majority of the market squid die after...

Why does everyone dislike Watson? The Japanese are not capturing these whales for research specimens as they claim, they are harvesting them for meat. It is a slippery slope to get back into whaling. How has everyone forgotten that? If you want to talk about animal conversation and killing...

On the subject of whales, it has been hypothesized that an increasing salp population in the Antartic will cause a decrease in krill. Salps are nutritionally worthless (fish don't eat them, nor do whales). Similar to the massive jellyfish blooms that have taken over fisheries in African waters.

Its incredibly rough going for someone with a bachelors degree in any scientific wildlife field. I've looked at the various jobs available in the eastern portion of the U.S., $24000-$30000 for a bachelors, $36000 for a masters. Ecological biology (including marine biology) is incredibly...

What dive clubs are there in the Houston area? Relocating to the area, can't wait to get away from these dirty old lakes here in Kentucky. Also, how is the visibility in the Gulf in this region?

Interesting article Dr. Bill. Do reserves work in smaller freshwater bodies, such as lakes?

In all seriousness, what does that mean? Can you kill someone without reprecussion in international waters?

Remember the poaching wars of the 90s? African Game Wardens were actually having firefights with bushmeat poachers just to save the animals. This isn't much different, except that the Sea Shepherd doesn't have official government backing. If what the Japanese are really doing is illegal, it...

I've watched River Monsters. The host vastly overplays the danger of every single species on there. However, there have been two shows that displayed creatures that are legitimately river monsters- The Bull Shark, and the Crocodile. Bull sharks have been sited as far up as the Mississippi...

Discovery channel used to have a Shark Week and a Dinosaur Week back in the late 80s through mid-90s. It was actually very educational. That's back when discovery was actually a science channel interviewing real scientists. But what can we expect from a channel that now has shows like "Cash...

Maybe someone with a degree in ecology or biology could chime in here. I was wondering if the oil spill would actually help the Gulf fishery. Its being fished to capacity for shrimp and fish. Now with the fishing stopped (or has it?), will that allow it to recover? I've heard of no reports...

Why aren't they using bio-balls (also called reef balls)? Designed to provide habitat for coral and cover for fish. Also, you cant just make something out of concrete and dump it in the ocean. The pH of the concrete is so high that only barnacles can live on it. Once the pH lowers months...

Thats a negative. Modern nations such as the United States, Japan, etc, are expected to have stabilized and even declining populations by 2050. Its only the developing and industrializing nations that are growing rapidly.