%0 Journal Article
%T First Recorded Account of a White Shark Agonistic Pectoral Fin Depression Behavior at Guadalupe Island, Mexico
%A Andrew Currie
%A Ralph S. Collier
%J Open Journal of Animal Sciences
%P 263-271
%@ 2161-7627
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojas.2023.133019
%X <span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">An
agonistic display by a white shark was observed and photographed during </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a cage dive at Guadalupe Island in November 2015.
Exhibiting exaggerated</span> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">pectoral fin
depression, agonistic behaviors have been</span></span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">previously
observed </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and described</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">in several shark species. </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This account may be the first record of a white
shark in close proximity to a caged diver, exhibiting strong pectoral fin </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">depression significantly dipped, in </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">mid</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">agonistic display. </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Such displays</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">should be considered as aggressive and potentially
life</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">threatening by those</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> using
the ocean for recreational or professional purposes.</span>
%K White Shark
%K Ocean
%K Agonistic Behavior
%K Pectoral Fin Depression
%K Cage Diving
%K Guadalupe Island
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=125537