Sharks
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- Q1Very aggressive, short thick body, likes shallow coastal water, can also be found in rivers; cause of most shark attacks in Texas.Bull Shark30s
- Q2Fastest sharkMako Shark30s
- Q3Deepest living sharkFrilled Shark30s
- Q4Longest living sharkGreenland Shark30s
- Q5producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body. Sometimes eat siblings in womb.Ovoviviparous30s
- Q6live birth. Yolk often still attached after birth to feed young.viviparous30s
- Q7lay eggsOvoparity30s
- Q8tail fincaudal fin30s
- Q9modified pelvic fins on a male shark that allows for transfer of sperm to femaleclaspers30s
- Q10unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balancedorsal fin30s
- Q11sensitive receptor system that enables fish to detect gentle currents and vibrations in the waterlateral line30s
- Q12A special sensory organ on the anterior part of the shark, usually under the snout. It detects electric pulses to help a shark find the heartbeat and biological signatures of pray.Ampuli of Lorenzini30s
- Q13opening that allows water to the gills for sharks who are not movingSpiracles30s
- Q14Teeth like skin, takes the place of scales on sharks, feels like sandpaperdermal denticles30s
- Q15bony fishOsteichthyes30s