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A great white shark bites Michael's camera as he tried to photograph it

A great white shark bites Michael Scholl's camera as he tries to photograph it for an innovative 'finprinting' scheme off Dyer Island, Western Cape, South Africa

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A great white shark bites Michael's camera as he tried to photograph it A fellow researcher helps Michael Scholl to photograph a great white shark for his finprinting project in the sea off Dyer Island, South Africa. An international team of scientists led by a British University are building an extraordinary new computer system aimed at identifying every single member of one of the world's most feared predators - the Great White Shark... Swiss marine biologist Michael Scholl poses for the camera on his research vessel as a great white swims behind him ...The University of Bristol is developing software that will automatically recognise individual dorsal fins of animals cruising the world's oceans. For the first time ever it will add to a central database experts hope will give them a unique insight into the species' population and one day give them the truth on numbers of the animals and their movements. Spectacular pictures show how Swiss marine biologist Michael Scholl, Founder and Director of the White Shark Trust, spent 10 years photographing over 1,500 great white's using his 'finprinting' technique

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