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Todays shark is...

The Freckled Catshark!

Fun Fact: The Freckled Catshark is a small deepwater ground shark species found in the Western Atlantic, from Venezuela to Uruguay, at depths of up to 400m!

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The Green Lanternshark!

Fun Fact: Green Lanternsharks are small sharks that are endemic to the Western Central Atlantic in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea!

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The Night Shark!

Fun Fact: Night Sharks are quick and nocturnal, and they mainly feed on bony fish and squid!

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The Pacific Sharpnose Shark!

Fun Fact: The Pacific Sharpnose Shark can be found in warm temperate and tropical waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from California through Central America to Peru in South America!

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The Small-eye Hammerhead!

Fun Fact: There is segregation by sex and age; newborns and juveniles under 40cm are found in shallow waters, moving deeper after a few months of life. Adult females are mostly found at depths of 9-18m. Larger juveniles and adult males are mostly found at depths of 27-36m!

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Todays shark is...

The Mexican Horn Shark!

Fun Fact: The Mexican Horn Shark, is a small inshore horn shark of rocky and sandy habitats and coral reefs!

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The Ocellated Angel Shark!

Fun Fact: Very little data exists for this shark as it is known only from two specimens, though it has been observed for sale at fish markets in Taiwan!

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Gummy Shark- These medium-sized, bottom-dwelling sharks are found mostly around the southern seas of Australia. It gets its name from its flat, plate-like teeth which it uses to crush its shelled and non-shelled prey, giving its jaws the superficial appearance of toothlessness. Legit, the Toothless of the shark world!

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Todays shark is...

The Northern Sawtail Catshark!

Fun Fact: The Northern Sawtail Catshark is a species of ground shark found off the coast of Northeast Australia!

this is mostly rays and alot of the pictures suck.because they kept moving too fast for me to get a clear picture💔

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The Northern Spiny Dogfish!

Fun Fact: Northern Spiny Dogfish are common on the outer shelf and upper slope close to the bottom of reefs and soft sediments typically found between 50 to 300m deep!

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Cephalopod lovers, meet a squid that’s as cute as its name: the dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica)! Also known as the southern bobtail squid, this cephalopod inhabits shallow waters off the coast of southern Australia. It’s an ambush predator and uses mucus glands in its skin to coat itself in sand, where it then lies in wait for prey, like shrimp and small fish. Dumplings must learn to hunt fast: Because males of this species die shortly after mating and females die soon after laying eggs, newborn squid need to fend for themselves. These precocious hatchlings can snag prey twice their size!

Photo: Rachel Price, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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The New Zealand Lanternshark!

Fun Fact: They can be found between 878 and 1427 metres deep on or near the bottom of the upper insular slopes off New Zealand in the southwest Pacific Ocean!

PICTURES I GOT AT DEEP SEA WORLD!!!

ill. put more tomorrow and the day after and so on bc of the stupid image limit 😿

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Marivagia stellata

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143729903

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Beroe forskalii by Alexander Semenov

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A peacock mantis shrimp. Filmed in the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). From Life in Colour (2021).