Shark and Awe

Episode 14 - Lava Sharks! - 11/21/2025


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Learn about the two species of sharks that have been discovered living WITHIN an active volcano!

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SHOW RESOURCES

  • NatGeo: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/sharks-underwater-volcano-sharkcano-kavachi?loggedin=true&rnd=1763136530800
  • URI's Ocean Classroom Live (interview video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTzGYeVWlBk
  • Earth.com: https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-listen-to-waking-volcano-tremors-under-ol-doinyo-lengai/
  • American Academy of Audiology: https://www.audiology.org/sharks-can-hear-for-miles/#:~:text=A%20shark's%20%E2%80%9Cinner%20ear%E2%80%9D%20is,ability%20to%20detect%20electrical%20fields.
  • State of Hawai'i: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/about-sharks/senses/#:~:text=Sharks%20seem%20to%20hear%20sounds,from%20over%20a%20mile%20away.
  • One Ocean Diving: https://oneoceandiving.com/blogs/f/how-far-can-sharks-hear#:~:text=Their%20hearing%20is%20most%20sensitive,What%20Are%20Endolymphatic%20Pores?
  • United States Geological Survey: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/news/volcano-watch-magnetics-magma-and-monitoring-new-technology-old-questions
  • Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-snaps-photos-of-underwater-sharkcano-erupting-180980143/#:~:text=The%20volcano%20is%20located%20in%20the%20southwest,microbial%20communities%20living%20in%20the%20volcano's%20crater.
  • University of Hawai'i News: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2020/02/27/hammerhead-sharks-hold-breath/
  • Sharkwater Extinction: https://www.sharkwater.com/shark-database/sharks/silky-shark/
  • Fisheries Research Journal: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165783618302856#:~:text=Yet%2C%20very%20little%20is%20known,the%20implementation%20of%20conservation%20measures.
  • FishBase: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/912
  • USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/05/26/sharkcano-eruption-nasa-pacific-ocean/9943385002/


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Sound Credits

  • Sound Effects courtesy of the Soundboard Mixer app for Android.
  • Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube: https://youtu.be/1Ef9CAZ3OrQ?si=Of9zuwrVG2PIPAJG
  • Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Soundboard Mixer app for Android).
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Shark and AweBy Hawkeye Fierce