The coronavirus pandemic forced people to stay put, but it gave sharks a travel passport and scientists a rare opportunity.
This image released by Discovery Channel shows a scene from "Sharks of Neptune," airing Thursday as part of Shark Week 2020 on Discovery Channel.
The 32nd annual slate of all things shark, airing for eight days beginning Sunday with a record two-dozen shows, includes a pair taped earlier this year during the lull. “Sharks are the stars of Shark Week. The great whites are the stars of the sharks,” Swartz said. “They’re so captivating and they’re so beloved and interesting and, I think, mysterious to viewers, rightly so.”
Their exploration of the Foveaux Strait, which separates New Zealand’s South and Stewart islands, brought them up against what Swartz called one of the “Holy Grail” shark mysteries: why females leave the area when their size indicates they’ve reached sexual maturity. That suggested the area was a mating ground absent human activity, a possibility that could lead to new safeguards for the great white population, Swartz said.
The team recorded the arrival of about three times the average number of female great whites mixing with males off the Neptune Islands, located near the entrance to South Australia's Spencer Gulf.
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