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We have cookie...cutter sharks 🍪
The existance of sharks outdate that of trees. There are over
500 different species of shark
, ranging from a few inches to over 40ft long! One of which is the
cookiecutter shark gets its name from the cookie-shaped bite wounds it
leaves on its prey. The shark’s unique teeth and short, coned snout
create these round chunks. It will attach itself to a tuna, marlin,
stingray, another shark, or even a whale, by suctioning its lips to the
body of the animal. Then, the shark spins its body, using it’s lower set
of serrated teeth like a can opener to remove a hunk of flesh, resulting
in a wound that lives up to the shark’s name.
Learn more about the cookiecutter
here
When life gives you lemon(sharks) 🍋
The lemon shark’s yellow skin color provides perfect camouflage against
sandy in-shore areas where it often forages for food. This, along with
the shark’s flattened head and short snout, makes the lemon shark a
skillful predator of bony fish, crustaceans and stingrays. Occasionally,
this species will also be observed eating seabirds or smaller sharks. An
adult lemon shark may grow to be 10 feet long, making it one of the
larger species of sharks in our oceans.
The lemon shark is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young
rather than eggs, this also means they have bellybuttons. Embryos
develop inside the mother for up to 12 months until the female seeks
shelter in a shallow nursery during spring or summer to give birth. A
litter of lemon sharks may be as large as 17 pups. Pups remain in the
nursery for several years, sheltered from larger predators, and feed on
nutrients from nearby mangroves. Some are even known to make friends
with other sharks in these nurseries - how cute
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