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Miami Scientist Featured On Discovery Channel
2:03 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

Miami Researcher Stars In TV Special On Great White Sharks

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A Miami-based shark researcher routinely goes face-to-face with nature's top predators.
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Miami-based shark researcher Neil Hammerschlag, whose work WLRN has covered in the past, is getting international attention with his latest study on the feeding habits of the ocean's most feared and misunderstood creature: the great white shark. 

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How Do Sharks Feel? Not As Cold As You'd Suspect
6:00 am
Tue March 26, 2013

Here's What It Feels Like To Pet A Live Shark

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Writer Tricia Woolfenden performs a nictitating membrane reflex test on a female bull shark during a shark tagging expedition.
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When we caught the first shark of the day, I'd already spent a good hour or so turning Neil Hammerschlag's words over in my head, like a gambler might fidget with a lucky coin in his pocket: 

"We might not see any sharks today." 

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Science
7:01 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Shark Tagging Program Seeks To Turn The Tide For Misunderstood Species

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A bull shark is ventilated during a shark tagging expedition off the coast of Miami.
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On Saturday morning, Neil Hammerschlag stood on the stern of a charter boat frequently used for his innovative shark tagging and research program. The boat had departed just after 9 a.m. from Miami Seaquarium's docks. It stopped just a few miles offshore, Miami's skyline still visible in the distance. 

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We're Going To Need A Bigger Boat
2:49 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

South Florida Beaches Reopen After Shark Scare (Yeah, Shark Scare)

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Originally published on Thu March 7, 2013 2:30 pm

Several beaches in South Florida are open again following their closure earlier this week as a precautionary measure after thousands of migrating sharks were spotted near shore.

The Palm Beach Post reports that as of 9 a.m. ET, all Palm Beach County beaches were open because no more sharks had been spotted swimming near shore.

According to the newspaper:

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Annual Shark Migration
8:00 am
Wed February 20, 2013

Thousands Of Sharks Make Annual Migration Along South Florida's Coast

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Blacktip sharks are among the most common sharks found inshore off the coast of Florida.
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By Tricia Woolfenden

Discovery Channel's Shark Week isn't until August, but South Florida is in the midst of its own shark celebration of sorts. Now through the end of April, the inshore waters off the coasts of Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade County will teem with shark activity.

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