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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]
Other common names for this species include flopguts (a reference to its ability to inflate), [4] Isabell's swell shark, nutcracker shark, rock shark, sleepy Joe, and spotted swellshark. [5] This species is almost identical to the draughtsboard shark ( C. isabellum ) of New Zealand ; the two species differ in coloration and the form of their ...
Swellshark diversity is greatest around Australia and in the west-central Pacific, where multiple endemic species are found. The most far-flung members of the genus are C. sufflans off southeastern Africa, C. silasi off southwestern India , C. umbratile in the northwestern Pacific, and C. ventriosum along the western coast of the Americas . [ 4 ]
Sharks portal; The Indian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium silasi) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the western Indian Ocean from Quilon, India and Sauqira Bay, Oman between latitudes 16° N and 10° N, from the surface to 300 m. It grows to about 36 cm in length, and can expand its body by taking in air or water to make it appear ...
Wild West is a system of skill-based character rules that is set in the American western frontier of the mid-19th century. [1]To create a character, the player chooses an occupation such as cattle baron, gambler, dentist, shepherd or lawman, and then adds applicable skills from a list of forty-five [2] that includes Marksmanship, Locksmithing, Weather Forecasting and Mule Skinning.
One of the few sharks to exhibit parental care, female horn sharks in the wild pick up their eggs in their mouths and wedge them into crevices. [3] However, in captivity the eggs are simply dropped on the bottom and may later be cannibalized. [2] The eggs hatch in 6–10 months; at emergence the young measure 15–17 cm (5.9–6.7 in) long. [1]
The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion, is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to Alaska.
Lions: Spy in the Den was the first special to be commissioned from an independent production company. The filmmakers at John Downer Productions used their previous experience on ground-breaking films such as In-Flight Movie to develop a range of mobile, remote-controlled cameras.