A breaching white shark off the coast of South Africa
Aidan Martin
Sharks and rays leap out of the water, or breach, for all kinds of causes, together with courtship, birthing and hygiene, in line with a evaluate of scientific proof, which finds that the behaviour is extra widespread than beforehand thought.
Breaching has been reported amongst fast-swimming predatory sharks – equivalent to white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), shortfin makos (Isurus oxyrinchus) and salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis), in addition to filter-feeding basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) and lots of species of ray, together with manta, satan and eagle rays.
