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The Leopard shark is a species of houndshark, in the family Triakidae. Known for its distinctive dark spots and saddle type markings, the Leopard shark is known to live up to 30 years, taking more than a decade to reach maturity. Leopard sharks prefer nearshore, shallow waters less than 20 feet deep and tend to hang out near the bottom. They use a variety of habitats, including sandy and muddy bottoms, kelp forests, and rocky reefs. These guys are easy going and have no problem being around divers.
The Japanese sawshark is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean around Japan, Korea, and northern China. It has a flat snout, studded with teeth, which resembles a serrated saw. Protruding from the middle of the saw-like snout are two long, sensitive, whisker-like barbels. The sawshark uses these barbels, along with electro-receptors located on the underside of its saw (Ampullae of Lorenzini) to help it find prey buried in the sand as it cruises along the bottom of the ocean. [x]
aesthetic meme ▷ [2/4] fairy tales
“Nothing gave her so much pleasure as to hear about the world above the
sea. She made her old grandmother tell her all she knew of the ships and
of the towns, the people and the animals. To her it seemed most
wonderful and beautiful to hear that the flowers of the land had
fragrance, while those below the sea had none; that the trees of the
forest were green; and that the fishes among the trees could sing so
sweetly that it was a pleasure to listen to them. Her grandmother called
the birds fishes, or the little mermaid would not have understood what
was meant, for she had never seen birds.” –The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
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