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Swell sharks hunt at night for bony fish, molluscs, and crustaceans. [2] [3] They will eat prey that is dead or alive. [3] They feed either by sucking prey into their mouth or by waiting motionless on the sea floor with their mouth open, waiting to encounter prey. [2] [4] Swell sharks have also been known to look for food in lobster traps. [2]
These sluggish, bottom-dwelling sharks are found widely in the tropical and temperate coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They have stocky, spindle-shaped bodies and short, broad, and flattened heads. The mouth is capacious, containing many small teeth and lacking furrows at the corners.
The skin is thick and covered by well-calcified, arrowhead-shaped dermal denticles, which are more sparse in young sharks. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The back and sides are light grey to brown, with an irregular pattern of close-set darker saddles and blotches along with many dark (sometimes light) spots, and a dark stripe from under the eye to the pectoral ...
For example, a large school of fish can cause nearby sharks, such as the lemon shark, to enter into a feeding frenzy. [1] This can cause the sharks to go wild, biting anything that moves, including each other or anything else within biting range. Another functional explanation for feeding frenzy is competition amongst predators. [2]
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Australian sea lions on the beach at the Seal Bay Conservation Park on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Australian sea lion is a pinniped, most closely related to other species of sea lions and fur seals making up the family Otariidae. [5] These mammals use their flippers to propel themselves in water and can walk on land with their flippers.
Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people. Caution tape has been put up but crowds are still ...
The group of mostly male sea lions travels every year from the Channel Islands to rest and feed; they usually stay along adjacent beaches but this time, they decided to call San Carlos Beach their ...