Cornwall, UK - Shark babies have hatched at a marine school, to the excitement of students.
The dogfish sharks, which are native to the Atlantic Ocean, are part of a breeding programme at Falmouth Marine School (FMS).
Students studying Marine Biology and Ecology BTEC extended diploma have been working with Merlin aquarium entertainment to hatch the baby sharks as part of their investigative project.
Craig Baldwin, programme manager, said: "These are the first native baby sharks to successfully hatch at the Marine School so we are all extremely excited. We have exotic sharks and other exotic species in tanks, but for the students to hatch their own native species the teaching opportunities are taken to a whole new level."
Once grown, the sharks will be moved to the school's new four-metre native marine tank to join the collection of Pacific and Indian Ocean sharks kept in the Marine Educational Laboratory, which is now one of the largest in England.
Student Luke Plummer, from Liskeard, said: "We've tried to hatch sharks before but it's never worked, so this is so exciting. It has been quite a tense wait, but we were delighted when the first babies started hatching out."
FMS head David Stedman said: "This development will allow us to grow our specialist provision and hopefully we'll see more species hatching."
0 comments:
Post a Comment