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The content in this video may be difficult to watch for some viewers. It is a partial dissection of a shark in Durban, South Africa. The dissection is a scientific examination of a shark, and is for discovering, and gaining new knowledge on marine animals.
The content in this video may be difficult to watch for some viewers. It is a partial dissection of a shark in Durban, South Africa. The dissection is a scientific examination of a shark, and is for discovering, and gaining new knowledge on marine animals.
Fun Facts
The whale shark has about 3,000 tiny teeth at one time, but doesn’t use any of them.
A goblin shark's snout is long and flat, resembling a sword, and beneath it are its formidable jaws that protrude about one-third of the way along the length of the snout. But when prey is nearby, this shark can extend its jaws all the way to the end of its snout, grab the unlucky dinner, such as fish,and then retract its jaws.
The shark has seven senses instead of our five because of the two sensory organ plus the sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing of a shark. One of the organs is the ampullae of Lorenzini is located on the shark’s snout and can detect electrical impulses given off by living things such as heart beats from prey. Second lateral line extends along the sides of the shark from head to tail and can sense even minute vibrations in the water that signal nearby prey.
Sharks can eat their siblings’ eggs in the womb so while a mother may lay 20 eggs only about 5 will survive because the others were killed or eaten.
Sharks can dislocate their upper jaw to grab and hang onto prey
Shark blood contains special compounds in their blood that keeps it from clotting. Scientists are studying the compound for possible human heart disease applications.
You’re more likely to be injured by a toilet seat or a vending machine or a selfie than a shark.
The whale shark has about 3,000 tiny teeth at one time, but doesn’t use any of them.
A goblin shark's snout is long and flat, resembling a sword, and beneath it are its formidable jaws that protrude about one-third of the way along the length of the snout. But when prey is nearby, this shark can extend its jaws all the way to the end of its snout, grab the unlucky dinner, such as fish,and then retract its jaws.
The shark has seven senses instead of our five because of the two sensory organ plus the sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing of a shark. One of the organs is the ampullae of Lorenzini is located on the shark’s snout and can detect electrical impulses given off by living things such as heart beats from prey. Second lateral line extends along the sides of the shark from head to tail and can sense even minute vibrations in the water that signal nearby prey.
Sharks can eat their siblings’ eggs in the womb so while a mother may lay 20 eggs only about 5 will survive because the others were killed or eaten.
Sharks can dislocate their upper jaw to grab and hang onto prey
Shark blood contains special compounds in their blood that keeps it from clotting. Scientists are studying the compound for possible human heart disease applications.
You’re more likely to be injured by a toilet seat or a vending machine or a selfie than a shark.
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