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Get the Scoop! Meet Two ASU Shark Researchers
by Elite Reporter Athena O’Brien
Picture this: A huge shark is hoisted onto a research boat. Three people rush to secure her—to stop her from thrashing around and getting hurt. Who are these people? Why have they brought a shark on deck? Are they… sitting on her?
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Two of the participants in this crazy scene are Brooke Anderson and Beckah Campbell. These brave scientists conduct research at the Sulikowski Shark and Fish Research Lab at ASU in Glendale. Wait. People research sharks in the desert? Yes!
This reporter was able to attend their presentation at the Young Report Night in March. Even though their research is based in Arizona, Anderson and Campbell work with sharks all over the world.
h a ch a i t i t h sharks go to give birth. Some sharks that Anderson and Campbell work with are endangered. Think of Anderson and Campbell as shark heroes, working to protect both mother sharks and their babies.
A typical research trip involves catching sharks. Once their team catches a shark, they lift it up onto the boat. To stop larger sharks from getting hurt, they sit on them.Sometimes, it takes three people to sit on a shark! While the shark is above water, the researchers insert a special machine into th ha th that a th t ath
Next, the team gives the shark an ultrasound and attaches a tracker. (An ultrasound is a kind of x-ray that uses sounds that humans cannot hear. The sound waves bounce off the baby sharks so that Anderson and Campbell can see them inside the mother.)
Get to Know These Amazing Great Apes!
by Reporter Bingham Hortin, Haley Elementary
The Phoenix Zoo is a great place to learn about close to 400 different animal species and their habitats. In the Tropics Trail, you will find the orangutans. Orangutans are a great ape in the genus of pongo. There are three species of an orangutan—Sumatran, Bornean, and Tapanuli—and all come from Indonesia.
At the Phoenix Zoo, there are four Bornean orangutans: Bess, Michael, Raima, and Wgasa. I met with Senior Primate Keeper, Amy Dietz. She
