Friday, March 21, 2014

The Six-Gill Shark

Photo: A shark on the sea floor

Six-Gill Shark


Six-gill sharks, like this one off the coast of Vancouver, cruise the ocean floor during the day, sometimes as deep as 8,200 feet (2,500 meters), then move toward the surface at night to feed. They can reach impressive lengths of 16 feet (4.8 meters) on a diet of other sharks, rays, squids, crabs, and occasionally seals.












(source:google/http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/)

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