Undiscovered Sharks and the State of the Ocean - Dave Ebert

Shark Week's Daily Bite by Discovery

Aug 21, 202324:11Science & Medicine

Luke Tipple invites “The Lost Shark Guy,” Dr. Dave Ebert, who is personally responsible for finding dozens of shark species that were either previously unknown to science or thought to be extinct. He and Luke discuss why...

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