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"It's like a fishbowl full of whale sharks," said Robert Hueter, director of the shark research center at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.

Giant sharks swarm in waters off Mexico 2011

But this same mechanism could prove problematic for whale sharks passing through areas affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, warned Hueter, who directs Mote's Center for Shark Research: "They're highly vulnerable because of this need to feed by filtering, or straining, the water."

Whale shark, the world's largest fish, thrives on tiny crustaceans and worms Post 2010

Hueter, Mexican biologist Rafael de la Parra and a group of other marine scientists are trying to make sense of the big shark reunion, an event dubbed the "afuera."

Giant sharks swarm in waters off Mexico 2011

Hueter, Mexican biologist Rafael de la Parra and a group of other marine scientists are trying to make sense of the big shark reunion, an event dubbed the "afuera."

Giant sharks swarm in waters off Mexico 2011

In an interview, Robert Hueter, one of the paper's co-authors, said the findings demonstrate that even as humans try to develop complex filters that resist clogging, "these animals invented them tens of millions of years ago."

Whale shark, the world's largest fish, thrives on tiny crustaceans and worms Post 2010

"It's like a fishbowl full of whale sharks," said Robert Hueter, director of the shark research center at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.

Giant sharks swarm in waters off Mexico 2011

Seeing this and other strange patterns in fish, Hueter said, "I just, all of a sudden, just felt this impending sense of doom, that the place that I loved was going to be changed in a very dramatic way."

Determining oil spill's environmental damage is difficult 2010

Seeing this and other strange patterns in fish, Hueter said, "I just, all of a sudden, just felt this impending sense of doom, that the place that I loved was going to be changed in a very dramatic way."

Determining oil spill's environmental damage is difficult 2010

One commenter of the blog post named Sarah thought that it was innappropriate for Hueter to write about this publicly.

Drawing attention to the sports blogosphere: Blogs with Balls should include women in sports! « Gender Across Borders 2009

Hueter wants to know why female sports bloggers are excluded in this event?

Drawing attention to the sports blogosphere: Blogs with Balls should include women in sports! « Gender Across Borders 2009