Michael Stuart Kelly Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 It's actually a necropsy, but autopsy sounds better in a headline. Forget Jaws, this great white shark operation is realJanuary 6, 2009Times OnlineFrom the article:Scientists in New Zealand are about to discover just that when they perform a necropsy on a 10ft great white shark –believed to be the first of its kind, conducted in front of about 1,000 members of the public and streamed live online.The shark will be dissected and its organs investigated during the necropsy at Auckland Museum this Thursday where scientists hope the operation will help add to their limited knowledge of one of the ocean’s least known about animals. . . .Mr Trnski will join Clinton Duffy, a shark researcher with the NZ department of Conservation to perform the two-hour long necropsy – which is similar to an autopsy but whose purpose is for research, not to discover the cause of death.For those interested, the necropsy will be performed online presumably here:Live Dissection of a Great White Shark The time is New Zealand time, January 8, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.To help with getting your local time, look here: The World Clock - Time Zones.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 For some reason I don't think this is going to be the most popular thread on OL. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Nuts, I thought it was going to be a dissection of a live Great White Shark! Anybody got a link for that?--Brantworse than you thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 What silly sensationalism. Sharks, inluding Carcharodon, are quite well known. I have "necropsied" plenty of sharks while out fishing - to use them as bait. wake me up when they find the shark's eucipital mapillary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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