Maybe megalodon wasn’t so chonky after all
A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...
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Whale sharks: Meet the world’s biggest shark
Sharks are a group of fish with skeletons made from cartilage instead of bone ... Read on to find out about the biggest sharks in the world. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest fish in ...
Do Sharks Have Bones?
Cartilage is a tough ... Just for good measure, the whale shark, which is the world’s largest fish, has a record length of 61 ...
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Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought
The debate remains unresolved in part due to sharks lacking bones and discovering cartilage skeletons is ... which is the average size of a blue whale and roughly equal to the height of the ...
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Orcas attacking whale sharks: the impressive hunting strategy led by Moctezuma in Mexico
By biting in that area, the whale shark bleeds and they can access its ... sharks in that area because there is less muscle and cartilage, allowing easier access to the aorta.
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Megalodon may have been much bigger than we thought
This is because sharks' skeletons are made of cartilage, which tends not to fossilize ... that existing gigantic sharks – namely the whale shark and basking shark – have relatively slender ...
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Do sharks have bones?
Their skeletons are made of cartilage - the same soft, flexible stuff as your ears and the tip of your nose are made of. This is true for all sharks, from the formidable great white to the gentle ...