The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.
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Louisville Public Media on MSNFossils of chipmunk shark, an ancient species with an adorable name, found in Mammoth CavePaleontologists at Mammoth Cave National Park have unearthed an ancient shark species previously unknown to science.
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