Mastodawn

Had this big beauty right beside the Mischief RIB today out past Whiteness Head, Inner Moray Firth - a real treat for the passengers seeing a Basking Shark as large as this one. You can make out the head and open mouth underwater. #shark #nature #BaskingSharks #wildlife

Anita Ní Bhroin 🇮🇪Aug 17, 2023

Love these beautiful animals 🦈

#Sharks #BaskingSharks #Mastodaoine

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41204710.html

Richard Collins: Irish team discover exciting basking shark fact

Irishexaminer.com

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jul 24, 2023

Happy #SharkWeek!

Basking #Sharks are Partially Warm-Blooded https://www.sci.news/biology/partially-warm-blooded-basking-sharks-12115.html

Regionally endothermic traits in planktivorous #BaskingSharks Cetorhinus maximus: Haley Dolton et al. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v51/p227-232/

"sharks have cruise-swimming muscles located deep inside their bodies as seen in white sharks and tunas; in most fish this red muscle is instead found toward the outside of the animals... they also have strong muscular hearts that probably help generate high blood pressures and flows."

Patrick May 15, 2023

#baskingsharks Dursey

Lou the Lustrous Nov 6, 2022

An introduction: a Welshie, now the Scottish Highlands are my home. Wanderluster. Eternally curious.
Miss being part of the EU and wish we hadn't left.
Enraged at tories but trying not to bring that to mastodon.
Love Marmite, dislike hate.
#introductions
#hello
#wine
#stillEuropean
#ClimateEmergency
#rewilding
#baskingsharks
#badgers
#westAfricanmusic
#shoplocal