Tiger shark vomits up echidna, startling Australian scientists (www.sbs.com.au)

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Researchers from James Cook University were tagging marine life on the northeast coast when the 3m tiger shark they caught vomited up a dead echidna.

Nicolas Lubitz, a PhD candidate who studies marine predators, said he could only assume the shark gobbled up the echidna while it was swimming in the shallows off the island, or travelling between islands, which the animals are known to do.

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[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

...dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to a hedgehog, which is usually found in forests, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands.

damnit! I did not have "universe gives us an actual land shark" on my 2024 bingo card. this decade is just gonna stay weird, isnt it...

[-] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Not actual land sharks; actual sea echidnas.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago

Watch out, they'll prick your toes.

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