#Carcharodon carcharias

[todropscience]

The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is the largest predator fish in the world, however, the early life history and reproduction of this iconic shark is still poorly understood, in fact, no one has seen a white shark puppy in the wild, nonetheless, recent aerial observations made by drone off California, USA, have revealed the first images of a white shark puppy.

Footage done by wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna and biologist Phillip Sternes in July 2023, revealed seconds of a single pale pup, which apparently was shedding its embryonic layer. This record robusts the idea the coast of central California acts a birthing location for white sharks. This shark was stimated to reach 1.5 m in lenght. Many researchers believe white sharks are born farther out at sea, due the elusivity to find pups. This finding means they are likely to born in shallow waters.

Photo: Carlos Gauna

Reference : Gauna & Sternes2024. Novel aerial observations of a possible newborn white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Southern California, Environmental Biology of Fishes

[chrissy-kaos]

I’m so excited!!! I went to my local Brick store today. They had a shark suit guy plushie!! As someone that’s obsessed with sharks I had to have it! I got the perfect place of him on my shelf too!

[fyanimaldiversity]

If you go to iNaturalist, and look for great white sharks, there is a sighting and a series of photos in Turkish waters, in northwest turkey right below Bulgaria, of a piebald specimen

Thank you so much! I’m in love with the white fin!

[marejadilla]

Victor Grasso, "Death From Below / Great White Shark (*)". 2020, oil on board. B. 1977, Cape May Court House, NJ, USA (*) Carcharodon carcharias (Great White Shark).

[comixqueen]

Repostober 21. More sharks from 2014

[duranduratulsa]

Spooktober Creature of the day: Jaws (1975-1987) #jaws #shark #greatwhite #greatwhiteshark #carcharodoncarcharias #spooktober #halloween #october

[whaleposters]

Large sharks of the World art print poster. Available at cetek.etsy.com.

[hellsitegenetics]

Can U blast this https://urbanshade.org/wiki/Documents/Sebastian_Solace pls

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Closest match: Balaenoptera musculus genome assembly, ██████ ████████ genome assembly, Microcephalophis gracilis genome assembly, Carcharodon carcharias genome assembly, Bufoceratias wedli mutated genome assembly, Diretmus argenteus genome assembly, Gonodactylus smithii genome assembly, Homo sapiens genome assembly Common name: THAT FUCKING FISH THAT I HATE

(If this image source is shown to unauthorized personnel, you'll be BLASTed with my wizard beams)

[antiqueanimals]

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), Common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), Porbeagle (Lamna nasus), Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Fishes of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1964.

Internet Archive

[uncharismatic-fauna]

trick or treat

Watch out-- you got a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)!

[terry-the-insane]

Animal of the day for October 29: Great White Shark (Species Carcharodon carcharias)

The largest carnivorous shark, Great Whites travel hundreds of miles every day across the vast ocean in search of food. Great White Sharks have the ability to alternate between warm-blooded and cold-blooded metabolisms (heterothermy), which allows them to survive long periods without eating, or to explore colder waters. This would have likely given Great White Sharks and their kin an edge against other large sharks that existed, such as Alopias grandis or Hemipristis serra.

[babylon-crashing]

Q: what do you think/ feel about the elemental realm?

[sisters Maria and Estela, Côte d'Ivoire shark shamanesses, yanyan Aje.]

Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary.

I spend a lot of time thinking about the sea, which is itself the most elemental realm those mortals, with no training or interest in the esoteric, will ever experience. We can only survive under its surface for minutes, sometimes seconds, without artificial assistance. It is the source of all life and utterly indifferent to humanity and our narcissistic need to always be the Chosen Ones.

It’s no mistake that the Inuit placed Sedna, their creator, and her home where the dead go, Adlivun, not up in the sky or deep under the earth but at the bottom of the ocean. Shamans, if they wished to petition Sedna, had to travel to the ocean’s floor and comb out Sedna’s long hair in order to be granted her favor.

Of all the spirits that swim, none is so dear to me as Carcharodon carcharias, that which we call the great white shark. My first spirit guide came in the form of Big Blue (a pregnant great white). I wrote this poem earlier today, thinking about the sea as an elemental realm. What I appreciate about poetry is that it allows me to speak my own truth in ways that fall flat in my prose. To give oneself up to the briny deep, as they say, is also a shamanic experience.

But the language of sharks is difficult enough to master. Few try. Few can boast, without pheromones, or La Mer's occult craft, that they grok a gill flap's flutter; most basic sound in their ten-million year old tongue. Their poems unfold in waves, music few of us No-gills can fathom. I told that joke once to a Queen Mum, a mystic Itchy Mouth, who chortled. Get a Queen Mum to laugh, love, and the Seven Seas are yours until, for a bowl of soup, ten-million years are snuffed out. Just like that: going numb in the surf, calling and ... Stand on the shores of all the seas. Call. None will answer. None.

[gotham-native]

sharks!!!!!

tw for well...sharks Lemon shark - Negaprion brevirostris They are carcharhiniformes also known as “ground sharks” and it is largest order of sharks. Males can reach at least 9.15 ft [2.79 m]. Females can reach at least 9.3 ft [2.85 m]. They can be Yellow, Brown, or Olive on top and how a Pale yellow underbelly and they use this coloring to help them blend into the sand at the sea floor

Leopard shark - Triakis semifasciata They are carcharhiniformes also known as “ground sharks” and it is largest order of sharks. They have a Black, pale tan, to greyish, top coat that fades to whitish on their underbelly. They have black saddle marks. The saddle-marks become light-centered in adults. Males reach a maximum length of 4.9 ft [1.5 m], and females reach 5.9 ft [1.8 m].

Goblin shark - Mitsukurina owstoni They are Lamniformes, these sharks a large mouth with several rows of sharp teeth and are able to maintain a higher body temperature than the water in which they are swimming. Males mature at 8.7 ft [264 cm] and females mature at 11 ft [335 cm]. Their maximum size is estimated to be more than 16.4 ft [500 cm]. A pinkish white shark with a soft, flabby body and an unmistakable flat, elongated snout. They are best know for the fact the jaws protrude out to catch prey

White shark - Carcharodon carcharias They are Lamniformes, these sharks a large mouth with several rows of sharp teeth and are able to maintain a higher body temperature than the water in which they are swimming. Also known as great white sharks this species is the most well known species of shark. They have a Slate brown to black top, white underbelly. Males may reach 18 ft [5.5 m] but the most common measurement for males is 11-13 ft [3.3-3.9 m]. Females tend to be between 15-16 ft [4.5-4.8 m], But the largest recorded female white shark was 20ft [6.1 m]

Nurse shark - Ginglymostoma cirratum They are Orectolobiformes also known as “carpet sharks”. This is one of the most diverse order of shark and most tend to have patterned skin. They are a Gray-brown, yellow brown or brown body. Juveniles may have dark spots. Most are less than 10 ft [3 m], the largest was record to be 14 ft [4.3 m] but most are but most are less than 9.8 ft [3 m]. Nurse sharks are known to be a favorite with divers because they are usually indifferent to divers and in some cases they develop a ‘Favorite diver’ that they become protective over and will get upset if other sharks go near them

Greenland shark - Somniosus microcephalus  They are Squaliformes, and this is my favorite order of sharks, there is  an estimated of 126 different species in this order. this order of sharks is found in nearly every marine habitat and some deepwater Squaliformes are bioluminescent. They are Medium grey or brown, sometimes with transverse dark bands, small, dark spots and blotches, and small light spots. When born, they are about 1.3 ft [0.3 m] long. Most adults are 8 to 14 ft [2.4 to 4.2 m] in length, and their maximum length is likely to be over 21 ft [6.4 m], possibly up to 24 ft [7.3 m].Scientists estimate the Greenland shark lives at least 250 years and some believe they may live over 500 years. It’s not 100% know how they can live for so long but many believe it is because of their slow metabolism, this can also explain there slow growth and sluggish movements. Their top speed is under 2.9 kilometers per hour and they don’t reach sexual maturity till they are over a century old

i don't know why the lemon shark photo decided to be so small but oh well SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[duranduratulsa]

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[shark-of-tha-day]

shark of the day: great white shark, carcharodon carcharias

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for the first day i figured i'd start with one of the most well know/recognisable sharks, the great white! great white sharks, also called white sharks, are some of the largest predatory fish in the ocean. they can grow up to 6 metres(~19.6 ft) in length and weigh up to 2.3 tonnes, and they can live to be up to 70 years old. they are typically found in temperate coastal and pelagic waters around the world. despite their reputation as 'man killers' great white attacks are quite uncommon and typically only occur when the shark feels threatened or mistakes a human as a prey animal. white sharks are not kept in aquariums due to their size and their need for open water to survive.