Daily shark day 12:
(The return of daily sharks??)
The Thesher Shark!
Todays shark is the Thresher shark, which are large mackerel sharks of the family Alopiidae and can be found in all temperate and tropical oceans of the world; the family contains three extant species, all within the genus Alopias.
All three thresher shark species have been listed as vulnerable by the World Conservation Union since 2007, their conservancy status is in part do to their popularity as big game sport fish, and additionally they are hunted commercially  for their meat, liver (for shark liver oil), skin (for shagreen) and fins (for use in dishes like as shark fin soup).
Thresher sharks are solitary creatures that keep to themselves. It is known that thresher populations of the Indian Ocean are separated by depth and space according to sex. Some species however do occasionally hunt in a group of two or three, contrary to their solitary nature. All species are noted for their highly migratory (or oceanodromous) habits. When hunting schooling fish, thresher sharks are known to "whip" the water. Their elongated tail is used to swat smaller fish, stunning them before feeding. Thresher sharks are one of the few shark species known to jump fully out of the water, using their elongated tail to propel them out of the water, making turns like dolphins; this behavior is known as breaching.













