Sharks on a Plane
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To overcome functional extinction in Indonesian waters, global aquariums are airlifting zebra sharks back to the Pacific. By Johnny Sturgeon Inside an insulated FedEx package, sloshing around in a sealed sack of seawater at 30,000 feet, four shark eggs traveled from the U.S. to Indonesia last month. Each leathery capsule—affectionately nicknamed “mermaid’s purses”—held the embryo […]