This week, we’re diving deep into the ocean to discuss an animal that is often found on your dinner plate! They’re an apex predator whose anatomy allows them to swim through water with blazing speed. Although they’re one of the best predators within their ecosystem, they are also one of the most over-exploited species in the world. So grab your snorkeling gear, because on this week’s episode we’re learning about tuna!
“Tuna’s perception of chemical cues allows them to sense their environment, find a suitable mate, locate food, and identify danger.”
Organizations
- International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
- Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
Sources
- Tuna by World Wildlife
- Lateral line system of fish
- Chemical cues for intraspecific chemical communication and interspecific interactions in aquatic environments: applications for fisheries and aquaculture
- Tuna by Britannica
- Thunnus thynnus
- Mercury Guide
- Mercury in fish
- Difference between red and white muscle
- Body Designed for Fast, Efficient Swimming
- Respiration
- Not-So-Cold-Blooded Creatures
- Threatened Bluefin Tuna Sells for $3 Million In Tokyo Market
- Bluefin Tuna by World Wildlife
- Tagged tuna keep their place in the sun
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