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Earlier this year, the shark attack file found that New York’s eight unprovoked attacks last year were an annual record for the state, which had reported only 12 such attacks since 1837.
Burden, who's seen plenty of white sharks on fishing outings, was surprised to see evidence of the sharks at this time of year. "I wouldn't think a great white would be out there that early," he said.
Since its discovery in 1976, only a few megamouth sharks have been seen, with 55 specimens known to have been caught or sighted as of 2012, including three recordings on film. Like the basking shark and whale shark, it is a filter feeder, and swims with its enormous mouth wide open, filtering water for plankton and jellyfish. It is distinctive ...
Cladoselache is an extinct genus of shark-like chondrichthyan (cartilaginous fish) from the Late Devonian of North America. It was similar in body shape to modern lamnid sharks (such as mako sharks and the great white shark ), but was not closely related to lamnids or to any other modern ( selachian ) shark.
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.
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In 2017 one humpback whale made international news when it breached in front of a camera less than a few miles from Battery Park and raised awareness that whales have "come home" at last to New York. [22] Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Extremely endangered. Less than 400 are left in the ...