Richard Collins
speaker
767 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 14 Sep
Richard Collins’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Thank you.
Mark, what is the tradition of shark in Donegal Bay?
Is it known to be there?
I'm curious about this animal.
How does it find the plankton places it feeds on?
It goes to places like Kean Bay and that known haunts and it's got a knowledge of where it's likely to find plankton.
Does that extend to Donegal Bay?
Was this a traditional place where they came to?
Is this a revival of an old practice?
Well, are they coming in close to the shore?
In Kean Bay, they're right there beside you.
And I've seen them like that off the Skelligs and places.
But in other places, they stay well out.
You can only see the fins far out through your binoculars.
What's it like in Donegal Bay?
Are they right near you or are they very far away?
I wonder, Mark, if the warming of the seas is a factor here.
There was some research done in Trinity College, I think the scientist's name was Hayley Dalton, showing that basking sharks actually generate heat internally.
This is a complete...
A reversal of the previous opinions about them, I gather.
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