When placing the GPS tags, I also place a second tag beneath each shark’s dorsal fin that displays a unique ID number, so I was able to confirm the injured shark was one from my study, #409834.

When placing the GPS tags, I also place a second tag beneath each shark's dorsal fin that displays a unique ID number, so I was able to confirm the injured shark was one from my study, #409834.

When someone is reporting a shark sighting to Chisolm and mentions a fin moving like that, he immediately knows it is no apex predator, he said. The dorsal fins of sunfish are taller and narrower ...

Shortly after, a silky shark was spotted with its dorsal fin cut up — in the exact shape of where a satellite tag would be,” Black wrote in a Dec. 14 Instagram post.

However, 332 days after the wounded shark was photographed, divers spotted the same shark, identifiable by the NOAA dart tag which remained attached to the base of its dorsal fin. There was no ...

Shark attacks or bites don’t occur as often as people fear they do. The odds of being attacked and killed by a shark are extremely low, 1 in 3.7 million to be exact, according to PETA’s website.

As a fish swims through water, the dorsal fin stabilizes it and keeps it from rolling over. But over time, many fish have evolved different uses and appearances for these skin flaps.

The shark was roughly five feet long – a size known for newborn great whites – and its fin was short and rounded. "I just don't see how a skin disorder explains this," he said.

Now, let's delve into solving the Toothed whale with a tall dorsal fin crossword clue, featured as 54 Down in the USA Today Crossword on June 14, 2025.

Florida woman Malea Tribble kept her cool as a hammerhead shark followed behind her Crossing For Cystic Fibrosis paddleboarding excursion, in open water nearly 40 miles off the coast.

Northern Right Whale Dolphin seen during Capt. Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari in Dana Point, California (Caitlyn Nieblas/Capt. Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari) ...

Shortly after, a silky shark was spotted with its dorsal fin cut up — in the exact shape of where a satellite tag would be,” Black wrote in a Dec. 14 Instagram post.