Keeping track of the “Devil’s Banjo”
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Two rare Angel Sharks have been successfully tagged and released in Tralee Bay by scientists from the Marine Institute. Due to their physical similarity to the instrument, they are sometimes colloquially called the 'Devil’s Banjo'. Richard Collins speaks to Ross O’Neill, a marine scientist with the Marine Institute.
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