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Who's tougher? Baby sharks or daddy sharks?
It's not just their teeth and jaws that people find intriguing. It's also their funky shapes and unique skeletal makeup that capture attention. Unlike humans and most land animals, sharks have mineralized cartilage skeletons ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2019
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Fins from endangered hammerhead sharks in Hong Kong market traced mainly to Eastern Pacific
For the first time, researchers have traced the origins of shark fins from the retail market in Hong Kong back to the location where the sharks were first caught. This will allow them to identify "high-risk" supply chains ...
Ecology
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Mole rat dental structure similar to a shark
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharks are capable of continually growing new teeth. As the teeth age, they fall out and new ones move forward similar to that of a tooth conveyor belt. Humans, and most mammals, on the other hand are only ...
How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist
The Pacific spiny dogfish shark is a master at recycling the ocean's toxic ammonia and converting it into useful urea, according to new research from University of British Columbia (UBC) zoologists.
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Study of 385-million-year-old shark suggests humans and sharks shared common ancestor 440 million years ago
A team of researchers with the University of Chicago, University College Dublin and Cambridge University studying a 385-million-year-old shark fossil has found evidence that suggests humans and sharks shared a common ancestor ...
Why has this tiny island seen a sharp rise in shark bites?
A small island has become a hotbed for shark bites and people may be partly to blame.
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Mar 28, 2018
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New species found in whale shark mouth
A whale shark's mouth might not seem like the most hospitable environment for a home, but Japanese researchers have found there's no place like it for a newly-discovered shrimp-like creature.
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Beamed-up lemon shark shows research promise (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Not everyone is game enough to fit a laser beam on to a shark’s head and live to tell the tale intact, but not everyone is a marine biologist, either. Last month, marine biologist Luke Tipple, armed with ...
DNA from tooth in Florida man's foot solves 25-year-old shark bite mystery
When Jeff Weakley tweezed open a blister-like bulge on his foot, he was not expecting to find a piece of tooth from a shark that bit him while he was surfing off Flagler Beach in 1994.
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