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The shark caught near Su’ao was the largest goblin shark ever caught in Taiwan, the museum said. The massive female shark weighed about 1,763 pounds and reached about 15.4 feet in length, Taiwan ...
The goblin shark's jaws extend dramatically when feeding. The goblin shark has a distinctively long and flat snout, resembling a blade. The proportional length of the snout decreases with age. [19] The eyes are small and lack protective nictitating membranes; behind the eyes are spiracles. The large mouth is parabolic in shape. The jaws are ...
Mitsukurina is a genus of mackerel shark in the family Mitsukurinidae. It contains one extant species, the goblin shark ( M. owstoni ) and more extinct species. The genus was described by American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan in 1898 and named in honour of Kakichi Mitsukuri .
The most distinctive characteristic of the goblin sharks is the long, trowel-shaped, beak-like snout, much longer than those of other sharks. Its long snout is covered with ampullae of Lorenzini that enable it to sense minute electric fields produced by nearby prey, which it can snatch up by rapidly extending its jaws. [ 5 ]
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This classic Halloween song is a great way to shake the spookies out before they go trick-or-treating! 2. “Halloween Sharks” by Pinkfong
Shark Attack is a 1981 arcade game in which the player controls a shark and must eat scuba divers. [13] Jaws, a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Shark! Shark! is a 1982 video game for the Intellivision, in which the player controls a fish and has to avoid being eaten by a shark. Shark Attack is a game by Apollo for the Atari ...
The Lamniformes (/ ˈ l æ m n ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /, from Greek lamna "fish of prey") are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks (which may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae). It includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the great white [1] as well as less familiar ones, such as the goblin shark ...