View Into The Blue Sharks Background. There are also reports of attacks following air or sea disasters with accounts suggesting shipwrecked sailors have been maimed by them. Recently tagged male blue shark plunges 1250m off the bay of plenty coast in a quest for a meal of squid.

Like other requiem sharks, blue sharks do not do well in captivity. There are also reports of attacks following air or sea disasters with accounts suggesting shipwrecked sailors have been maimed by them. Blue sharks can't regulate their body temperature internally to stay warmer than the ambient seawater like white sharks can, so they need to control it behaviorally, said braun.

After a brief fight the shark was hauled into the boat where researchers grabbed it by the tail.

They came right up to us, which can be quite scary if you have never encountered a shark before. Its elongated caudal fin (tail) provides swimming power as the tail moves as teeth are lost, broken, or worn down, they are replaced by new teeth that rotate into place. Swimming with sharks off the coast north shore, oahu, hawaii with the one ocean diving pelagic program. Pregnant blue sharks caught by fishermen are opened up, with some of the young thrown back into the sea.