Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Great White Shark necropsy online!

Since we're talking about Great White Sharks anyway, here's news for you future vets, med students and lovers of all things stinky and gushy...

A penguin, a seal, or even a human hand – what would you expect to find in the stomach of a great white shark?

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.