World-first hybrid shark found off Australia

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Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.

The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with its global counterpart, the common black-tip, was an unprecedented discovery with implications for the entire shark world, said lead researcher Jess Morgan.

"It's very surprising because no one's ever seen shark hybrids before, this is not a common occurrence by any stretch of the imagination," Morgan, from the University of Queensland, told AFP.

"This is evolution in action."

Colin Simpfendorfer, a partner in Morgan's research from James Cook University, said initial studies suggested the hybrid species was relatively robust, with a number of generations discovered across 57 specimens.

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[MilesColtrane]

1. *shudder* ...another step closer to sharks with lasers.

[Glassunion]

2. Are they going to overstate the expected mileage

just like in the Prius?

[Marnie]

3. This normaly only happens when one or more breeding populations becomes so scarce that members of

another sub species are the only mates available.

[progressoid]

6. Nope.

This happened because God made it happen.

[WillParkinson]

4. Video...

http://news.yahoo.com/video/sandiegochannel8-15751279/world-s-first-hybrid-sharks-are-evolution-in-action-27773239.html

[xchrom]

5. Thanks. Nt