Sharks avoid clashes with fellow species by adhering to 'hunting time-table': Study

New research from Murdoch University’s Harry Butler Institute has revealed that sharks never involve mselves in clashes with or shark species until and unless re is a coincidence of targeting same prey. However, it also ted that y have a separate timetable which helps m share available resources while avoiding unnecessary clashes. Earlier, scientists' revealed that giant mammal hunts eir at dusk or dawn. new study revealed that y don't have any specific time rar partitioned time slot to make fellow species comfortable. 

Sharks hunt in shifts: Study

Sharks research, led by Dr Karissa Lear and Dr Adrian Gleiss at Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem said, "This is a relatively rare way of sharing resources in nature, but it could be more common than we think in understudied marine ecosystems. Indeed, timing is likely to be at least partially driven by hierarchy - forcing less dominant predators to for in less optimal periods to avoid those larger sharks." study revealed that schedules are mostly hierarchy driven, i.e most dominant sharks get best time slots for ir hunting. 

"We found bull sharks were most active in early morning hours, tiger sharks during midday, sandbar sharks during afteron, blacktip sharks during evening hours and both scalloped and great hammerhead sharks during nighttime hours, only two species with substantial overlap in timing of peak activity," read sharks research of Dr Lear.

Conflict between man-shark increases: Study

Apart from this research, a study also revealed that incidence of shark bites increased in countries like Australia. re were 985 incidents reported in Australian Shark Attack File from 1900 to 2020 from 20 different species.
With shark bites increasing in countries like Australia - scientists say use of personal electronic deterrents is an effective way to prevent future deaths and injuries which could save lives of up to 1063 Australians along coastline over next 50 years.