— Endangered sawfish focus of national collection and recovery efforts

02.12.08 - 01:56 ... source : University of Florida

... University of Florida News University of Florida News UF Web with Google UF Phonebook Endangered sawfish focus of national collection and recovery efforts Filed under Environment, Florida, Natural History, Research, Sciences on Monday, December 1, 2008. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida, keeper of the world's shark attack records, is also now overseeing a national records collection for another toothy marine predator: the sawfish. Distinguished by a long rostrum or "saw" that makes it a popular curio item and gives it its name, the sawfish has become a historical and cultural icon that is rapidly disappearing, said George Burgess, a UF ichthyologist and curator of both the International Shark Attack File and the newly expanded National Sawfish Encounter Database. "Postcards from the turn of the 20th century often depicted this so-called monster that inhabited Florida waters, an ...» Next (HTML)