Leopard Shark in the Slough

Andrea cought a female leopard shark while we were sampling pickle weed a few meters away, so we dropped what we were doing and watched her operation. As she freed it from the net with the help of one intern (and sacrificing a couple hors of net repair later) her other intern quickly prepped a container for holding the shark for sexing, measuring and gathering other data before releasing it again.

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