Spiny dogfish blood contains a hormone long thought absent in sharks

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers found cortisol in the blood of spiny dogfish, a hormone sharks were long believed not to make at all, Phys.org reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the sharks were stressed the whole time, and the official answer was no, you're not. I know that meeting.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhich is why this segment is now an award ceremony. Our Animal of the Day is the North Pacific spiny dogfish.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOfficially, the Shark Who Had Feelings Before It Was Cool. Sorry, before it was allowed.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStat line. One shark with cortisol before the seawater test. Five monitored, five positive at thirty-six hours. Career year.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd at seventy-two hours?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne. The researchers suggest it comes and goes, which could be why earlier studies missed it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA hormone that shows up for one day in three and hides when the scientists arrive. I've never related to a fish more.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt deserves every medal.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe researchers came from the University of Manitoba and Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. To the dogfish: you were right.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSixty years of paperwork said it was fine. Nobody asked the dogfish.

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