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lulubonanza:

Rorschark by =DJCoulz

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rhamphotheca:

The Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is a massive creature that can grow to 12 meters (40ft). This is the second largest shark in the ocean behind only the Whale Shark, which can grow to almost twice this size! Basking sharks are found in all of the world’s oceans and lucky for us and a lot of other fish in the ocean, they are quite harmless. They are filter feeders that swim around slowly with their mouths open filtering zooplankton, small fish and invertebrates…

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hellyeahskarks:

Shark of the Day!
The MEGAMOUTH shark. omnomnom.

Since 1976, only around 50 of these guys have been spotted or caught. They can reach lengths of 18 feet, with mouths 4 feet wide - big enough to swallow us whole, but they won’t! They have very tiny teeth and are filter feeders, like the whale & basking shark. So they’d much prefer plankton and jellys.

Megamouths are rarely seen because they like to hang around depths of 400-525 feet, but at night they ascend to 39-80 feet. Like Great Whites, these sharks carry their eggs within them until they hatch!

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animalworld:

GREENLAND SHARK - ©National Geographic

Ever get the feeling there’s something really creepy lurking beneath all that floating ice up north? We get it all the time. Cause of fear? The Greenland Shark. This shark is a native of the frigid waters surrounding Greenland and Iceland yet little is known about this animal. Here are some things we do know, all of them creepy:

1. Its lifespan may be up to 200 years.

2. It moves very slowly, yet fast-moving fishes, seals and even reindeer have been found in the stomaches of these sharks.

3. The fossilized appearance comes courtesy of small ‘teeth’ on its skin. Greenland Shark leather is approximately 9 times stronger than cowhide.

4. Its flesh is very toxic when fresh.

5. 80% of the adult population has a parasitic friend – a small Copepod embeds itself into the shark’s cornea, with the other half of it dangling out like a dead worm. Scar tissue forms on the eye, rendering eyesight semi-functional later in age. No matter – Greenland Sharks spend most of their time in darkness, up to 7200 feet below the surface.

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With its elongated, eel-like body and strange appearance, the frilled shark has long been likened to the mythical sea serpent.

—Wikipedia

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theduty:

story of my life.