Announcing a Special Issue on Elasmobranch Behaviour!
When I discovered sharks in the turquoise Tahitian lagoons, I was fascinated by their complex and clearly intelligent responses in different situations. Based on what I saw myself, I figured they were more intelligent than dogs. But later, when I got an internet connection, I was shocked to learn that science had not noticed! By then the community I had watched for years was being slaughtered for shark fin soup, so I wrote down the story of my beloved thoughtful sharks in my first book, The Shark Sessions. Since then I have been trying to publish my findings scientifically, which has been a real challenge for an isolated wildlife artist. However, two years ago, an editor of the journal Behaviour was taken with my writing and invited me to organize a Special Issue on my favourite subject: Elasmobranch behaviour and cognition. It was a real learning experience for me and I was lucky that shark Ethologist Professor A. Pete Klimley offered to help. Not only did his advice serve as a valua