Off the coast of Morehead City, the Capricorn rocks as the crew hauls in an Atlantic sharpnose…
Off the coast of Morehead City, the Capricorn rocks as the crew hauls in an Atlantic sharpnose shark. Hands fly everywhere — measure, tag, release, all within minutes — a maneuver the UNC shark survey has practiced hundreds of times before. In the controlled commotion, undergraduate researcher Jaxson King squeezes the shark’s face. A clear gel oozes from the pits around its snout, while his mentor Alecia Septer scrapes it into a small plastic vial. These researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill are tagging along with the shark survey to uncover how this gel may be keeping sharks’ sensing organs mysteriously clean. The gel is notable for other reasons too, like how even after freezing or boiling, many of the microbes inside survive — a resilience Septer thinks could point toward future medical advances. Visit the link in our bio to read all about their shark research. ✍️Luke Bowles 📹Luke Bowles, Alli Pardue
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