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It is marketed for use in hospitals and other places with a relatively high potential for bacteria to spread and cause infections. [1] The inspiration for Sharklet's texture came through analysis of the texture of shark skin, which does not attract barnacles or other biofouling, unlike ship hulls and other smooth surfaces. The texture was later ...
Notable examples of these natural structures include: honeycomb structure of the beehive, strength of spider silks, bird flight mechanics, and shark skin water repellency. [2] The etymological roots of the neologism "biomimetic" derive from Greek, since bios means "life" and mimetikos means "imitative". [citation needed]
All three thresher shark species have been listed as vulnerable by the World Conservation Union since 2007 (IUCN). [2] All three are popular big-game sport fish, [3] and additionally they are hunted commercially for their meat, livers (for shark liver oil), skin (for shagreen) and fins (for use in delicacies such as shark-fin soup).
The entire body of a shark is a very efficient eating machine. Each organ has been fine-tuned for hunting and acquiring food. Sharks are built to feed: Here's why they are the ultimate eating machines
The silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), also known by numerous names such as blackspot shark, gray whaler shark, olive shark, ridgeback shark, sickle shark, sickle-shaped shark and sickle silk shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, named for the smooth texture of its skin.
It is a colourless oil, although impure samples appear yellow. It was originally obtained from shark liver oil (hence its name, as Squalus is a genus of sharks). An estimated 12% of bodily squalene in humans is found in sebum. [5] Squalene has a role in topical skin lubrication and protection. [6]
Food webs are limited representations of real ecosystems as they necessarily aggregate many species into trophic species, which are functional groups of species that have the same predators and prey in a food web. Ecologists use these simplifications in quantitative (or mathematical representation) models of trophic or consumer-resource systems ...
Zotter appeared on “Shark Tank,” a national television show for up-and-coming entrepreneurs, in April and received an offer from businessman Mark Cuban. He gave the company $1 million for 7% ...