by Renee Piccitto | Aug 7, 2019 | Shark Biology
Why do sharks, rays, and chimaeras possess specialized organs such as the salt gland, kidney, and gills to maintain their inner ionic composition? Chondrichthyans must adapt to a range of environments. Therefore, the chemicals and salt found within their bodies and...
by Renee Piccitto | Aug 7, 2019 | Shark Behavior, Shark Biology, Shark Mechanics
Can you explain the biomechanics of more complicated movements such as rolling and relate these to the pilot’s control of a fighter airplane? This topic is covered in an article titled “Three-dimensional kinematics and wake structure of the pectoral fins...
by Renee Piccitto | Aug 7, 2019 | Shark Behavior, Shark Biology, Shark Mechanics
That moment. The anticipation. Will it happen? It seems like I am waiting forever for it to happen; the forever is inevitable. Then it happens. In slow-motion it seems, like my heart stopped. The awe-inspiring Polaris breach of a Great White shark. But why do they do...
by Renee Piccitto | Oct 29, 2018 | Hammerhead Shark, Shark Mechanics
The Great Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna mokarran is one of the strangest, most unique and memorizing sharks in the ocean. I sat hovered down on the bottom of the ocean floor, 22ft max depth, and the sun shining above me in the warm Caribbean waters. I watched a forbidden...
