Exploring the similarities and differences between the members of the family of hammerhead sharks, the Sphyrnidae, with focus on the scalloped hammerhead and its overfishing, and the bonnethead shark which it turns out is omnivorous.
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Top Ten Sharks #5 – The Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios
To start with, that Latin name! Megachasma pelagios – If I’m not getting my tongue twisted does that not translate as ‘giant cave of the deep’? Anyway, I’ll be honest, I know next to sod all about the megamouth shark. Any marine biologist worth a damn, who isn’t specifically researching the megamouth shark right now,Continue reading “Top Ten Sharks #5 – The Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios”
Top Ten Sharks #6 – The Great White Shark, Carcharodon Carcharias
CONTENT WARNING: Contains graphic images/scenes of caught sharks and shark hunting behaviour. The great white is a member of the family of the Lamnidae, sometimes known as the mackerel sharks, or the white sharks, although ‘white shark’ is also used interchangeably with ‘great white’. In fact, ‘Great White’ is more of a colloquialism, since thereContinue reading “Top Ten Sharks #6 – The Great White Shark, Carcharodon Carcharias”
Top Ten Sharks: Introduction
An introduction to the basics of sharks, explaining what the chondrichthyes are (fish made of cartilage) what the elsamobranchs are (basically sharks and rays) and a little bit of the natural history, the evolutionary past, and the sensory craziness that makes sharks so a misunderstood and awesome group of animals to study.
Forget Jaws, We Lack Discipline will teach you the reality of these maligned, misunderstood beauties.
We Lack Discipline 