Sharks
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Once declared 'biologically dead', London's Thames river now nurses sharks, seahorses
World | Nov 11, 2021, 02:26 PM ISTThe report said that creatures, like sharks including tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog have been found in the river that was once as filthy and polluted as Delhi's Yamuna river.
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Sharks went nearly extinct 19 million years ago: Study
Science | Jun 06, 2021, 08:35 PM ISTNineteen million years ago, sharks nearly disappeared from Earth's oceans, according to a new study, which provides evidence for a previously unknown mass ocean extinction event.
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Sharks use Earth's magnetic field as a GPS, scientists say
Science | May 16, 2021, 08:22 PM ISTSharks use the Earth's magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across the world's oceans, scientists have found.
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5 lakh sharks may be slaughtered to create COVID-19 vaccine, experts say
World | Oct 01, 2020, 11:59 AM ISTAs many as 5 lakh sharks are likely to be slaughtered in order to develop enough doses of an effective vaccine for COVID-19, a shark support group has said.
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Australia to kill sharks threatening beachgoers
World | Sep 28, 2012, 01:24 PM ISTSydney, Sep 28: Australian officials, under pressure to protect beachgoers after a string of deadly shark attacks, have approved a plan to kill sharks that venture too close to people in the water.The plan, which