Sixgill Sharks
View Related Episode: Boat Building, Sixgill Sharks, Tsunami Update
Sharks which normally spend their lives at the bottom of the world’s oceans have been found living in the relatively shallow waters of Puget Sound. Recreational divers and researchers lure sixgill sharks in for up close encounters. It’s believed Puget Sound is a sixgill shark nursery: a safe place to give birth and raise hundreds or perhaps a thousand or more young sharks. There has never been a report of a sixgill attack on a human.
First Broadcast: 2009
Producer: Vince Patton
Videographer/Editor: Michael Bendixen
Video & Stills Courtesy of : Eric Cheng-WetPixel.com and the Seattle Aquarium
Appeared in episode: Boat Building, Sixgill Sharks, Tsunami Update
For more information:
Team Hyrdus
- Online: TeamHydrus.com
Seattle Aquarium Six Gill Research
- Online: SeattleAquarium.org/NetCommunity
Wet Pixel
- Online: WetPixel.com
Eric Cheng’s Six Gill Photos
- Online: ECheng.com
Dive Magazine
- Online: DiveMagazine.co.uk
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