“This is only one interaction, and we got incredibly lucky to get footage of it,” Lester says. “But I’m hoping that we get even luckier in the future.”
great kicker making use if a emphasized quote that leaves me interested on what happens in the future.
It’s possible that for certain individuals, the benefit of high-calorie fish feasts outweighs that of lengthy swims in search of smaller prey. Targeting the same bait ball as other predators might further enhance the sharks’ energy gains.
really approachable on the reasoning why whale sharks target bait balls. this is due to the concise nature of the sentence and the simple word choice.
corralling a school of anchovies in the Gulf of Tadjoura, off the coast of Djibouti
Links to another article of the same topic. this could further expand reader interest on the topic of both art5icles.
Whale sharks, the world’s largest fish, spend much of their time swimming slowly, swallowing mass quantities of tiny creatures such as krill, as befits such a colossal filter-feeder. But this portrait is incomplete—the giants have more complex hunting habits than previously thought.
Pretty direct intro, starts with basic information most know about whale sharks, before flipping our original assertions on whale sharks on its head with the final sentence which draws us into the article.
(Learn more: Whale sharks may live up to a century, Cold War bomb dating reveals.)
linking to a whole other separate article, clearly marked that its a separate to the current article despite being on a similar subject.
Rarely seen
Usage of sub headers, breaks up the article into organized chunks and helps with navigation and avoiding visual homogeneity.
—which occurs each year between March and August—
use of em dashes, while allows for additional information that may help the reader have a better understanding of the topic, but the info in the em dash usually doesn't play a bigger role later on.
Whale shark
Hyper link to addition information on whale sharks. since they are the topic of the piece it makes sense to link an external source that gives more info on them.
“Whale sharks can be really challenging to study despite their huge size because they’re so mobile,”
Quotation before attribution, really emphasizes the quote, helping you realize that whale sharks do in fact travel a lot
captured at Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef in March 2020 shows a group of whale sharks feeding on bait balls of fish in tandem with other predators, including tuna, whaler sharks, and dive-bombing birds called wedge-tailed shearwaters.
Super descriptive caption that describes the location the footage captured, but also surrounding elements such as the other predators
This video
the footage auto-plays requiring no interaction from the reader and imminently catches their attention due to us seeing the movement in the video.
This video
The video is center frame, and takes up a considerable amount of screen real estate. this really allows for the footage to breath, and truly entrance you, to kind of just stare at it for a while.
“I’ve watched the footage hundreds of times, and it still blows my mind,” says Emily Lester, a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian Institute of Marine Science
Starts with the quote before the attribution,. Gives emphasis to the quote so we, really realize how mind blowing the footage is.
A rare photograph of a whale shark feeding on a bait ball in cooperation with other predators, including diving birds.
Captions describe the cover image, giving the reader a better idea of what's happening in the image
AnimalsWhale sharks team up to hunt with other predators in rare videoThe world’s largest fish has been observed feeding on bait balls of fish in tandem with other sharks, tuna, and even birds, something rarely caught on camera.
The cover image completely engulfs the screen when first entering the article. this gives a really nice first impression as you admire the image before getting to the title