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Reef Shark Pin by DesignedByEbony

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[seatrench]

Divers free a Megamouth shark from a fishing net in Tateyama Bay.

The Megamouth is a large deep-sea shark,  rarely seen by people.  Despite reaching a considerable adult size of 4m-5.2m,  they are the smallest of the filter-feeding sharks,  which includes the Basking Shark and the Whale Shark..  Their large mouths are lined with bioluminescent photophores,  which are thought to attract plankton and fish to the slow-moving shark.

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[gentlesharks]

What is the best shark

all sharks are queens, anon

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Diving with Tiger sharks

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pondicherry shark drawn back in July 2017 for @swimonzine

ko-fi / twitter / deviantArt / wysp

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Shark finning infographic by ripetungi.

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MANDATORY REBLOG

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This sounds like a lot, but it’s true. An estimated 100,000,000 sharks per year are killed, threatening many species with endangerment or extinction.

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Scary predators are important to the ecosystem, too. Conservation’s not just about the panda bears.

[gentlesharks]

Baby Blacktip Reef shark!

[autistic-dumbass]

One day that tiny baby will be a big shark able to rip people to shreds

[gentlesharks]

most blacktip reef sharks are no more than 5.5ft long when mature. not only that, blacktip reef sharks are timid and shy, with no fatal human attacks documented. don’t comment stuff like this on my posts, save it for another post and stay off mine. thanks

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gentlesharks has hAD IT

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Do you know of any other cool extinct sharks that aren’t megolodons?

There is lots of prehistoric sharks, including some that haven’t even been discovered yet! Megalodon is the most commonly known prehistoric shark, but there are lots of others.

Helicoprion

Stethacanthus

Xenacanthus

Edestus

Carcharocles angustidens

Cladoselache

Scapanorhynchus

Just to name a few

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i made holographic shark stickers! i’m so in love!! they’re 5″ long and super reflective and shiny irl. i also have new shark pals sticker packs in my shop too if you wanna check it out :)

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A movie needs to be made about a friendly gentle shark

wym

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What kind of shark is the most friendly with humans?

The first shark that comes to mind is the whale shark or nurse shark! Hammerheads are very sweet and shy as well.

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Gifset of a carribean reef shark swarmed by fish: why are the fish swarming it and why doesn't the shark eat them? Why does it tolerate all those fish around it?

If you’re referring to this gifset, those are yellowtail snappers and I’ve never heard of anything about their relationship with sharks, so it’s pretty weird that they’d swarm that one shark in particular.

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Are tzere any sharks small enough to live happily in a 10 gallon aquarium? I dont intend to get one but i was curious anyway

It is recommended that all at home aquarium sharks have a minimum 30 gallon tank.