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Bukang Is a Female Black Shark… When Will It Leave? "When There Is No Food and It Gets Cold"

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Authorities are grappling with how to handle 'Bukang-i,' a shark that has been staying in the artificial waterway of Busan's North Port Waterfront Park for 19 days.

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The shark 'Bukangi', which stayed for 19 days at the North Port Water Park near Busan Station in Dong-gu, Busan, was finally confirmed as a black shark. The National Institute of Fisheries and Sciences (Veterinary Clinic) said on the 6th, “As a result of analyzing close-up images of this shark, we confirmed the external characteristics of black sharks with clearly developed ridges between the two dorsal fins.”

(Busan=Yonhap News) Reporter Min Young-kyu = Current status of sightings of 'Bukang-i,' a shark that has been staying in the artificial waterway of Busan North Port Waterfront Park for 19 days after a Pukyong National University student entered it...

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This covers the operational status and technical structure of a website developed by a graduate student at Pukyong National University to share sightings of Bukang-i, a shark that appeared in Busan North Port. By combining a citizen-participatory reporting system with AI verification technology, the reliability of the information has been enhanced, and the website is attracting attention by attracting 20,000 visitors in a short period of time.

On the 6th, the National Institute of Fisheries Science announced that a shark that had been staying in the waterway of Bukgang Waterfront Park in Busan for 19 days had been confirmed to be a female sand tiger shark. The Institute of Fisheries Science initially believed the shark was likely a blacktip reef shark. However, analysis of close-up footage of the shark revealed the distinctive features of the sand tiger shark. The shark has two dorsal…

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[Edaily Reporter Kim Hyun-ah] The identity of "Bukang-i," the shark discovered on the 18th of last month in the artificial waterway of the Busan Port North Harbor Waterfront Park, has been finally confirmed as a black shark. It is a female measuring approximately 3 meters in length and is an endangered species classified as "Endangered (EN)" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The National Institute of Fisherie…

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The identity of "Bukang-i," the shark that appeared in the artificial waterway of Busan North Port Waterfront Park and has been staying there for 19 days, has been confirmed as a black shark. On the 6th, the National Institute of Fisheries Science announced that Bukang-i, discovered in the artificial waterway of North Port Waterfront Park on the 18th of last month, has been confirmed as a black shark. Previously, based on the morphology at the…

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