Elasmobranchs Are Cool!

Showcasing sharks, skates and rays.

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You know it was an awesome whale watch when this enormous basking shark sighting was an afterthought.

See what made this whale watch so spectacular.

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Spotted Eagle Ray And Reef Shark | Paul Kennedy

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Hiding from relatives at holiday parties

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Ornate Wobbie by PacificKlaus 

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Terrifying Shot

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#BALLS

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That’s swell! Many people think of sharks as being aggressive. But this swell shark isn’t a threat; sometimes it even captures prey by resting open-mouthed and letting fish wander or be carried in by currents! Learn more

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BABY SKATES. That is all.

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Got to observe and help with Leopard Shark yearly physicals. I learned how to do blood draws on them. It was AWESOME. I think their markings are so crazy beautiful.

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Spotted eagle rays often leave craters in the sand as they submerse their large heads and excavate buried prey. They dig up clams and larger individuals will even occasionally crack through a conch.

Eagle Rays do not have typical teeth; instead they have hardened dental plates in the upper and lower jaws, which they use for grinding and crushing mollusc shells.

Image Video Source

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This is just too cool to not reblog

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Surface Interval by Carlos Grillo

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Sneck

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It’s funny, but the darker nurse shark is actually a much smaller specimen than the lighter shark. Funny perspective tricks.

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Frilled Sharks (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)

by Grant Lubyckij

The frilled shark has distinct 300 pin-shaped, backwards-facing teeth and consumes prey whole, with the teeth helping to ‘trap’ prey.

First described in 1884, the frilled shark received its name from the six frilly protruding gills on either side of its nape.  An ancient species of shark and one of two living species from the prehistoric Chlamydoselachus family, its lineage is thought to date back to the Late Cretaceous period, 95 million years ago…

(read more: Australian Geographic)

photographs by Kelvin Aitken/ Marine Themes

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Black tip sharks roaming the reef at Black Tip Reef in Baltimore’s National Aquarium.

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bloop bloop

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Awesome Shot!! (Not Mine)