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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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emperor penguin chicks in antarctica’s snow hill island, where temperatures drop to seventy bellow and winds exceed 100 miles an hour, seek the protection of their parents from the elements.

the penguins are so unused to humans that they react with simple curiosity when scientists or photographers approach them.

notes david schultz, ”often i’d be sitting a distance away from the rookery and a brave chick of the crèche [seen in the fifth photo] would start to venture my way, followed shortly afterwards by the rest of the gang.”

photos by (click pic) paul souders, stefan meyers, anneliese and claus possberg, john downer, david c schultz and robert harding

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Divers with nurse sharks, Ginglymostoma cirratum, at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve off Ambergris Caye, Belize by Jad Davenport

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A diver views soldierfish on the La Sorciere divesite (Witches Point) by Jad Davenport

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A nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) patrols the barrier reef at the Esmeralda dive site off Ambergris Island. Belize has the second-longest barrier reef system in the world; it’s protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by Jad Davenport