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Many people consider sharks to be these living fossils that haven’t changed much, but this isn’t necessarily the case! TFUI officer and guest blogger Jess Myers talks about shark evolution over on the Bite Blog! Don't miss out, read it here: https://www.finsunited.co.nz/bite-blog/are-sharks-living-fossils Pictured: This one is a complete fossil Goblin shark: Scapanorhynchus lewisii from the Cretaceous Chalk of Sahel Alma, Lebanon - Photo by: Cirton (Own Work) , via GFDL & CC by SA3.0

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If you haven't heard the whisper of rumours, TFUI is expanding a bit in what we have to offer on the website. Here's a sneak peek of the direction we are going: a recommendation page of TFUI's favourite sustainable seafood apps from around the world!

There has been a growing public concern about overfishing and its impact on our oceans and their wildlife.These apps are designed to help you make informed seafood choices -- a small way to help out our oceans! Options are truly international, with apps from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Africa, Japan, and more!

Check it all out on the website, and let us know if you download an app!

https://www.finsunited.co.nz/sustainable-seafood-apps.html

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We're talking all about shark teeth today! TFUI officer Valerie wrote a quick article about shark teeth which can be seen here: https://www.finsunited.co.nz/bite-blog/shark-teeth-dentist-approved That not enough? Take a bigger bite into learning about shark teeth with Joshua Moyer, who is currently earning his doctorate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst studying the ecology and evolution of feeding in sharks. Learn all about his work here: https://www.finsunited.co.nz/bite-blog/behind-the-fins-joshua-moyer

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I'm going to be honest here: this has been the most frustrating bio I have come to write so far... and that's saying a lot since I have some bio's that basically say, "We know what it looks like and where we caught it. That's it, good night." The reason this particular bio was so frustrating is not that I'm up at 11:30pm writing it, but because Rhynchobatus djiddensis is actually FOUR SPECIES. Cue frustrated scream here. Learn all about them here: https://www.finsunited.co.nz/bite-blog/giant-wedgefish Photo credit: Andy Murch

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We had a lot of people want to learn more about Helicoprion on #FossilFriday and who are we to deny that? Many wanted to know how this animal closed it's mouth- if ever! It seems that if Helicoprion closed its lower jaw, the teeth were pushed backwards, “providing an effective slicing mechanism for the blade-like serrated teeth and forcing food to the back of the oral cavity” according to some recent research. If you want to check that out, see the article: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/2/20130057 Picture: Fossil cast of Helicoprion ferrieri by Jon Augier/Museum Victoria.

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Let them keep their fins! They need them more than you need them in some soup.

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