Hunt for shark eggs this Easter with citizen science project

Written by on March 29, 2023

This Easter Australians will be hunting for a different kind of egg as CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, urges citizen scientists to venture out and discover egg cases washed up on Australia’s shores.

What are egg cases? Well, also known as mermaid’s purses, they’re the tough leathery capsule that protects the developing foetuses of oviparous chondrichthyans – egg-laying sharks, skates, and chimaeras.

CSIRO has launched the Great Eggcase Hunt, an initiative of the UK-based charity The Shark Trust, to help collect data for scientists who are studying the taxonomy and . . .



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