Everglades scientists
play risky game of tag with near-extinct predator
Susan
Cocking Miami Herald
The boat captain and the scientist wielded their lasso like seasoned cowboys
instead of fishermen. A good thing, since their lives literally depended on it:
roping an upset, 13-foot-long, prehistoric creature waving a double-toothed saw
in the water is just as dangerous as grabbing a bull by the horns."There's
a swing," Captain Jim Willcox warned as the saw slashed the air.
"Careful, it's pretty green."But Willcox and Yannis Papastamatiou, a
University of Florida scientist, managed to secure the line around both the saw
and the tail of their quarry: an endangered smalltooth sawfish, the rarest
marine species in U.S. waters. Now the huge brown creature lay quietly
alongside their skiff near East Cape Sable in Everglades National Park,
enabling them to safely complete their research mission.Read rest here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-mct-everglades-scientists-play-risky-game-of-tag-with-20120508,0,964142.story
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