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Sharks (slrpnk.net)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They may not survive us unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They pretty sure may and pretty sure will.

At other extinction events deep water dwelling creatures had good chances to survive. Also sharks don't have complex food needs, are widespread over the globe and procreate without much ado (no familie structures and such, their approach is quantity based)... They will do fine.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope you are right, 100 million sharks a year is a lot of sharks to lose

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aren't most of those only a few species of shark?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Trawling doesn't discriminate and the sharks are usually injured so badly that they die a slow painful death after being thrown overboard again, that's if they're not dead already.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They are likely not totally immune to the effects of climate change, however

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocean-acidification-could-eat-away-at-sharks-teeth-and-scales/