Record-Breaking Ocean Slaughter Sees Millions of Fish Killed in Hours 
By Ed Cara NO Source: gizmodo 11/3/2024
Ed Cara
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Just in time for Halloween, scientists have detailed an impressive feat of carnage out on the high seas. The researchers tracked a massive swarm of cod off the coast of Norway as the fish intercepted and rapidly munched down on millions of migrating capelin fish. It appears to be the largest predatory massacre of its kind ever recorded by humans.
 

Many types of marine life congregate for protection and migrate between areas, creating an opportunity for resourceful predators to find food. But it’s only recently that scientists have been able to reliably observe the movement of large populations of fish, also called shoals, that would allow us to see these floating buffets in real time. Using a sonar-based technique called Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing, or OAWRS, oceanographers in Norway and at MIT were able to record one such buffet.

 
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