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  Whale shark sucks fish out of hole in fishing net - Conservation International (CI)

  • 1 year ago
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  On a recent expedition to Indonesia's Cendrawasih Bay, Conservation International's Mark Erdmann learned how whale sharks often congregate around bagan (lift net) fishing platforms to eat the small silverside baitfish that the fishers are targeting. The sharks have also learned how to "suck" the fish out of holes in the nets!
  
  This can be dangerous — but the local fishers like the sharks, considering them good luck, and are working to modify the net designs to prevent sharks from entering.
  
  Learn more about Conservation International's work: http://www.conservation.org/
  Follow CI on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ConservationOrg
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  Scientists free a whale shark from a fishing net in Indonesia - Conservation International (CI)

  • 1 year ago
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  In Indonesia's Cendrawasih Bay, whale sharks often congregate around bagan (lift net) fishing platforms to eat the small silverside baitfish that the fishers are targeting. Sometimes the sharks swim right into the nets and become entangled. Local fishermen are considering modifying the lift net design in a way that prevents the sharks from entering.
• 2:28

  Amazonia: The Last Eden - Conservation International (CI)

  • 5 years ago
  • 533,619 views

  http://www.conservation.org
  The Kayapó maintain a traditional way of life and protect one of the world's most important rainforests at the same time. Just as they need the forest intact to live, so do we need it to mitigate climate change and provide a wealth of biodiversity to the world.
  Learn more about the Kayapó Nation at:
  http://www.conservation.org/Campaigns/Lost_There_Felt_Here/
• 0:47

  Whale shark sucks fish out of hole in fishing net - Conservation International (CI)

  • 1 year ago
  • 516,859 views

  http://www.conservation.org
  On a recent expedition to Indonesia's Cendrawasih Bay, Conservation International's Mark Erdmann learned how whale sharks often congregate around bagan (lift net) fishing platforms to eat the small silverside baitfish that the fishers are targeting. The sharks have also learned how to "suck" the fish out of holes in the nets!
  
  This can be dangerous — but the local fishers like the sharks, considering them good luck, and are working to modify the net designs to prevent sharks from entering.
  
  Learn more about Conservation International's work: http://www.conservation.org/
  Follow CI on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ConservationOrg
  Follow CI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conservation.intl
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  Mimic octopus pretending to be a flatfish - Conservation International (CI)

  • 3 years ago
  • 335,440 views

  http://www.conservation.org
  Rather than relying on camoflage which would make it blend in with the seafloor, mimic octopuses evade predators by imitating the shape, pattern, and movements of flatfish. Our scientists are intrigued by this ususually conspicuous defense mechanism and CI-Indonesia's Crissy Huffard has published a paper about this species in "Biological Journal of the Linnean Society", August 2010.
  Learn more at: http://blog.conservation.org/2010/08/studying-indonesias-...
  
  Filmed in Lembeh Straits, November 2008. Courtesy of Bill Macdonald
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  Harrison Ford: Lost There, Felt Here - Conservation International (CI)

  • 5 years ago
  • 334,572 views

  Protect your own acre now http://www.conservation.org/ProtectAnAcre
  
  Harrison Ford demonstrates -in a personal way- the pain of deforestation. The burning and clearing of forests is a major cause of global climate change, emitting some 20% of total greenhouse gas emissions - more than all the world's cars, trucks, and airplanes combined.
  
  See behind-the-scenes footage at http://www.conservation.org
  
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