SharkSightings
ForGajić,workingwithsharksisadreamcometrue.HegrewupinthecountryofYugoslavia.Heneverlivedneartheocean.Yet,hewascuriousabouttheseaandwhatlivedinit.Hewantedtoswimwithsharks.Nowhe does!
GajićknowsthatsharksareintroubleintheAdriatic.Plastics,chemicals,andotherwastepoisonthesea.Toknowifanimalsarehealthy,hehastostudythemina lab.
smoothhound sharks
Gajićlooksatadeep-waterroughsharkinthe lab.
UndertheMicroscope
Gajićtakessamplesfromalready-deadsharks.Thesharkscomefromfishers.Sometimes,asharkisaccidentallycaughtinafisher’snetandkilled.Whenthishappens,theybringthemto Gajić.
Inthelab,eachsharkisgivenanx-rayandascan.Tissuesamplesaretaken.Fromthese,hecanlearnalot.Hecanseeifthereisanydisease.Helooksattheirhearts,livers,kidneys,andeven brains.
Thissharkwascaughtinafishing net.