New Study Reveals Grey Reef Sharks Form Long-Lasting 'Friendships'

AmyBrown

Aug 21, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

Sharks who form long-lasting friendships with one another? That's actually really cute.

According to a team of scientists, in Florida, they have recently discovered that grey reef sharks form long-lasting relationships with one another. Yannis Papastamatiou, a member of the team studying this phenomenon, said "We don't think of sharks as social animals, but they do have social groups."

The grey reef sharks are large-eyed sharks who roam the Pacific and Indian ocean. They are known to be aggressive nocturnal predators but it turns out they have a soft side when it comes to other grey reef sharks.

Story via The Independent

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The scientists found that the social group between the grey reef sharks are very stable, showing the same sharks remaining in the clique for years.

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While there is no fool-proof that sharks have any emotional bond towards one another, Papastamatiou, was reluctant to call the sharks friends. Instead, he and his other colleagues refer to them as "associates."

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Regardless if these sharks can have emotional bonds, or can idenify one another, one thing is certain. The grey reef shark is one interesting fish that displays a high volume of unusual behavior in the shark world.

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New Study Reveals Grey Reef Sharks Form Long-Lasting 'Friendships'

The scientists found that the social group between the grey reef sharks are very stable, showing the same sharks remaining in the clique for years.

While there is no fool-proof that sharks have any emotional bond towards one another, Papastamatiou, was reluctant to call the sharks friends. Instead, he and his other colleagues refer to them as "associates."

Regardless if these sharks can have emotional bonds, or can idenify one another, one thing is certain. The grey reef shark is one interesting fish that displays a high volume of unusual behavior in the shark world.

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