WEIGHT
185 g
LIFE
260 days
DIMENSIONS (mm)
225 x 71 x 76
The SPLASH10-323 is a data-archiving, Argos satellite transmitting tag designed for tracking vertical and horizontal movements of free-range marine animals like turtles and whale sharks. The SPLASH10-323 tag is a towed tag. A towed tag is attached with a tether and anchor and is towed behind the animal.
With Dr. Jesse Cochran
The whale shark is not only beautiful, it is enormous. Recent research has unveiled #whaleshark “hotspots” in the Red Sea that they return to annually, including a large number of young whale sharks. But those are much farther south. Now, Dr. Jesse Cochran, a leading whale shark researcher, is aboard the OceanXplorer in the northern Red Sea. His mission is to find and tag a whale shark in a region where we know almost nothing about them. What will happen is a first for us, and for him.
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