Great White Sharks Might Be Able To Camouflage By Changing Color
In the new National Geographic Sharkfest documentary called Camo Sharks, Ryan Johnson, a shark biologist from South Africa, and Gibbs Kuguru, a shark geneticist from the Netherlands, work together to investigate whether great white sharks can change their color for camouflage and to blend into the environment, similar to other marine animals like octopuses or squid. According to Johnson, the idea that white sharks could be a species that can modify the color of their skin came from years of working with them, and recognizing individuals that looked a slightly different hue to usual....