Hammerschlag: ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO ABOUT 15 CENTIMETERS.
YEP, THAT'S 15.
Narrator: JAMES SULIKOWSKI
TURNS ON THE ULTRASOUND UNIT
AND GOES TO WORK.
UH-OH.
WHAT?
NEIL, THIS SHARK
IS REALLY PREGNANT.
WE GOT A PREGNANT ONE!
HERE WE GO.
THAT'S AMAZING.
WELL DONE, GUYS.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
Sulikowski: ...MOVING RIGHT NOW
AT THE SPINAL CORD.
I'M COUNTING ONE, TWO...
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THIS DEFINITION.
[ ALL CHEER ]
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
SHE WAS FULL
OF WELL-DEVELOPED PUPS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.
SHE WAS JUST JAM-PACKED.
Narrator: JAMES COUNTS
AT LEAST 20 TIGER SHARK PUPS.
Sulikowski:
THEY ARE SO WELL-DEVELOPED.
THIS IS AMAZING.
THEY'RE ABOUT, I GUESS, 40, 45
CENTIMETERS IN TOTAL LENGTH.
Narrator: THE SIZE OF THE PUPS
SHOWS THAT EMILY IS ABOUT 2/3s
THROUGH HER PREGNANCY,
WITH ONLY A FEW MONTHS MORE
TO GO.
YEAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TEETH.
THE TEETH ARE SO COOL.
Sulikowski: I CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW FAR ALONG THEY ARE.
THE AMOUNT OF PUPS
THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THERE
IS REALLY THE THING
THAT STICKS OUT TO ME.
IT'S JUST AMAZING
BEING ABLE TO LOOK IN THERE
AND BASICALLY SEEING FACES
LOOKING BACK AT YOU.
Hammerschlag : HISTORICALLY,
IF YOU WANTED TO SEE
IF A TIGER SHARK WAS PREGNANT,
YOU'D HAVE TO CUT HER UP.
YOU KNOW,
WE AREN'T SACRIFICING HUMANS
TO DETERMINE
IF THEY'RE PREGNANT.
WHY CAN'T WE DO IT FOR SHARKS?
ACOUSTIC AND SAT TAG?
-ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY, NEIL.
Narrator: EMILY THE SHARK
WILL BE FITTED WITH BOTH AN
ACOUSTIC AND A SATELLITE TAG.
THAT WAY, SHE CAN BE TRACKED
ANYWHERE FROM TIGER BEACH
TO THE DEEP ATLANTIC.
Sulikowski:
ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT
COMBINING THIS TECHNOLOGY,
THE SATELLITE TAGS
AND THE ULTRASOUND,
IS THAT WE'LL KNOW WHERE
THESE PREGNANT FEMALES GO.
IF THEY GO TO A CERTAIN AREA,
IT'S A NURSERY GROUND
TO GIVE BIRTH.
THEN WE CAN PROTECT THAT AREA,
WHICH WOULD ADVANCE
AND ALLOW US TO CONSERVE AND
MANAGE THE SPECIES MUCH BETTER.
Man: ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA LET IT GO?
YEAH,
WE'RE GONNA LET IT GO.
LET'S GET THAT HOOK OUT.
Narrator: THE SATELLITE TAG
ON EMILY THE SHARK
WILL DETACH IN ABOUT A YEAR,
AND HER FIN
WILL HEAL COMPLETELY.
OH, MY GOD!
THAT FIN!
Man: WOW.
Narrator:
THE TEAM NOW TAKES PRIDE
WATCHING HER SWIM AWAY NORMALLY,
SAFE AND SOUND.
