A fisherman in Indonesian recently caught this bizarre looking shark with surprisingly human-like facial features. At first glance you might assume th… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344148/bizarre-shark-with-human-like-face-discovered…
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Great white-shark-sized ancient fish discovered by accident from fossilized lung
A 66 million-year-old fossilized lung belonging to a previously unknown giant coelacanth fish was recently discovered in Morocco. Source: https://www.livescience.com/massive-coelacanth-fossilized-lung-discovered.html
Stunning picture shows a baby lemon shark learning the ropes
Lemon sharks grow up in the waters around mangrove forests, giving them protection and a place to learn to hunt. Shane Gross captured this photograph on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933213-000-stunning-picture-shows-a-baby-lemon-shark-learning-the-ropes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Playing With Sharks review: The amazing woman who helped film Jaws
The colourful story of Valerie Taylor premieres at Sundance Film Festival 2021. With husband Ron, she made a dramatic switch from shark-hunting to shark filming, even shooting footage for Jaws Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266258-playing-with-sharks-review-the-amazing-woman-who-helped-film-jaws/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Mini sea monster had teeth as sharp as a saw blade
An ancient reptilian sea monster had a shark-like bite. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-sea-monster-saw-like-teeth.html
Megalodon shark’s enormous babies ate their siblings in the womb
Megalodons – the extinct giant sharks that lived in most of Earth’s oceans about 3 million years ago – gave birth to babies that were larger than adult humans, scientists say. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/megalodon-extinct-giant-shark-enormous-babies…
Newborn megalodons were larger than a human
The world’s largest shark was over two meters long at birth thanks to its penchant for eating its siblings. Measuring up to 60ft in length, this prehi… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342886/newborn-megalodons-were-larger-than-a-human…
Megalodon shark mamas had human-size babies (because they ate their siblings)
New analysis of rare megalodon fossils revealed that their newborn babies were the biggest live babies in the shark family. Source: https://www.livescience.com/megalodon-babies-human-size.html
The Problem With Problem Sharks
A marine biologist’s ideas for singling out sharks that attack humans have prompted objections from other shark scientists. From a report: The war on sharks has been waged with shock and awe at times. When a shark bit or killed a swimmer, people within the past century might take out hundreds of the marine predators to quell the panic, like executing…
10 times sharks made our jaws drop in 2020
Here are our favorite stories about sharks from 2020. Source: https://www.livescience.com/shark-discoveres-of-2020.html