Marine scientists are buzzing with excitement as the complete process of group mating among leopard sharks was filmed in wild for the first time ever.

The rare footage was captured at Abor Reef, just 15 km from Nouméa, New Caledonia, and has been published in the Journal of Ethology. It offers a front-row seat to one of nature’s most secretive spectacles.

90 minutes of stillness, 110 seconds of action

Researcher Lassauce, who stumbled upon the scene while snorkelling, saw a female leopard shark lying motionless on the seabed as two males clamped onto her pectoral fins. For nearly 90 minutes, nothing changed. Then, suddenly, both males made their move.

The first session lasted 63 seconds, the second 47 seconds. The males, exhausted, sank to the seafloor while the female swam away swiftl

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