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How well could you eat with a saw on your face? If you were a sawshark, you couldn’t eat without one! Sawsharks are named for their long snouts, which have sharp teeth protruding from either side. They attack their prey by slashing these “saws” from
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Sawshark

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A thresher shark uses its unusual tail fin for swimming and hunting.
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The Thrashing Thresher Shark

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A whale shark swimming in the water.
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Tagging Along With Whale Sharks

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The Cook islands banknote
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Sharks and Humans: A Love-Hate Story

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A frame-by-frame view of a Great White Shark breach- frame 5.
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Breaching Sequence 5

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A frame-by-frame view of a Great White Shark breach.
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Photo Sequence of Great White Shark Hunting

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A frame-by-frame view of a Great White Shark breach.
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Breaching Sequence

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A lemon shark pup swims through its shallow mangrove nursery off the coast of Bimini Island in the Bahamas.
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Young Lemon Shark Swims Through Mangroves

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Spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)
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The Cat-Like Eyes of a Catshark

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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
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Alison Kock tags a shark

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An illustration of the megalodon shark.
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Ancient Giant Megatooth Shark

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