She said it is unusual for ailing basking sharks to come ashore.

她说，患病的象鲨来到岸边，这是不寻常的。

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No one is allowed to kill basking sharks, an important species that researchers are eager to study, Chapman said.

查普曼说，不允许任何人杀死象鲨，牠是研究者们渴望研究的一个重要物种。

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For years, before environmentalism made it illegal, he ground up small whales and basking sharks to make the best bait. Sometimes he shot sharks to finish them off.

有好多年，他都会圈捕小鲸鱼和姥鲨来做最好的鱼饵，有时还会射杀鲨鱼，环保主义后来把这些行为定为违法行为。

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For years, the travels of basking sharks have been a mystery to scientists.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

Basking sharks from the northeastern United States are not seen in the winter.

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The numbers of basking sharks have been decreasing for the past half-century.

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Basking sharks were recorded shoaling in large numbers off Scotland's coast during last year's research.

BBC: Scottish basking shark tagging project to be extended

Before the study basking sharks were believed to be cool-water sharks, restricted to temperate regions.

CNN: Scientists discover winter home of world's second-biggest fish

The waters also support the UK's only resident population of killer whales and two feeding and breeding hotspots for basking sharks, the world's second biggest fish.

BBC: West coast whales, dolphins and sharks to be surveyed