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Hammerhead sharks 'hold their breath' in deeper, colder waters, research shows

4:29pm May 11, 2023

Sharks are ectotherms and their internal body temperatures usually reflect the waters they swim in. Holding their breath helps them function in the frigid deep.

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Residents of the Galápagos Islands demonstrate outside the court where the crew of the Chinese-flagged ship had a hearing last week. The Ecuadorean navy earlier this month seized the ship, which had been carrying some 300 tons of fish, including several

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Fishermen Caught With 6,600 Sharks In Galápagos, Now Headed To Prison

6:22pm August 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The dead sharks, mostly endangered hammerheads, were part of a 300-ton haul of fish found on a Chinese boat off the Galápagos Islands. An Ecuadorean judge fined and jailed the crew up to four years.