Jaws is now tweeting — Hundreds of radio-tagged sharks tweet warnings at Australian swimmers

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Hundreds of radio-tagged sharks tweet warnings at Australian swimmers

Western Australia’s beachgoers are a bit more informed as to the whereabouts of the region’s shark population this summer, thanks to a scientific initiative that has fitted transmitters to more than 300 sharks of various types. The transmitters are picked up by underwater receivers, and when a tagged shark comes within a kilometer of the shore, a tweet appears in the Surf Life Saving Western Australia twitter feed (@SLSWA).

[via Lasana Murray/Caribbean Developers]

 

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