#cow shark

[protectoursharks]

Got any cool info on cow sharks?

YES

There are five species of cowshark: Broadnose sevengill, Bluntnose sixgill, Sharpnose sevengill, Bigeyed sixgill, and the Atlantic sixgill.

My favorite fact about these adorable little sharks is that they have more gills than most sharks do (which is why its mentioned in their name). Most sharks have five gill slits! They also don't have the notably large dorsal fin synonymous with sharks.

These sharks have even been observed to hunt in packs for larger prey like seals and other sharks! They're commonly found in shallow, warm waters.

[shark-of-tha-day]

Have you done a bluntnosed sixgill shark yet? Hexanchus Griseus

shark of the day: bluntnose sixgill shark, hexanchus griseus

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bluntnose sixgill sharks, also called cow sharks, are primitive deep sea sharks. they are fairly large, growing to be around 6 metres ~(20 ft) long. bluntnose sixgill sharks are found in deep tropical and temperate waters around the world. they feed on a variety of fish, smaller elasmobranchs, and invertibrates. bluntnose sixgill sharks are also the sharks responsible for the 'attacks' on the underwater internet cables.

[respect-the-locals]

🦈 Daily Shark Fact: 🦈

Broadnose Sevengill Sharks, are also known as Cow Sharks 😍 (I'm obsessed with cows), have different sets of teeth. The teeth on this shark’s lower jaw are comb shaped, while the teeth in its upper jaw are jagged. When biting large prey, the shark anchors its jaw with the lower teeth, then thrashes its head back and forth to saw off pieces of flesh with its upper teeth.

*As far as I can gather, they were formerly called cow sharks because of their docile nature and facial structure (small eyes, wide heads, blunt snouts).* The term refers to many species of six and sevengill sharks.*

[unofficial-sean]

[0men0fl1fe]

GOD I love cow sharks I researched them for like three days a few years ago and they're SO cool i'm gonna research them again so I can talk more about them and annoy everyone around me

[lirenshei]

I found out that in English there is a term "cow shark" for shark family and I couldn't get this out of my head.

[quark-nova]

#what it called?#that must be the smoothest shark species#call it a cow shark

It's called a prickly dogfish! (for real)

Cow sharks are also a thing but they're very different:

Just found out about the weirdest shark ever

Prickly dogfish

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Made a bunch of stickers! ✨

AfternoonFika

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Thursday, August 1st at 5pm ET

It'll have raccoons and possums, possum mugs, Strawberry and Blueberry cows of all sizes, Strawberry cow mugs, a smattering of animal dishes, and birthday cake whale sharks! (as well as a few other odds and ends as they always tend to do)

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Plushies // Afternoon Fika on Etsy

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Cow sewing time!

Pink with polka dots was not the most commonly picked option but my grandma really liked the idea of a pink polka dotted cow so that’s what I’m going with lol

[protectoursharks]

What do you think about bluntnose sixgill sharks

Hexanchus griseus or the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark or the Cow Shark

These guys just scream "friend" and I want to pet it (granted, I'd want to pet any shark). Most shark species have only five gill slits, but this species is one of the rare exceptions (hence the name). We don't know for sure why it has six slits instead of five. One of the leading theories is that since the species is so old, it first arose when gills were less efficient, so more were needed and that trait was just never lost.

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[unofficial-sean]

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark Fact Sheet!

It’s about time I made one of these, considering all the time I’ve put into researching them. I still have. . . 30 more papers to read out of 64, so I will update this post as I learn more.

> The taxonomic name of the bluntnose sixgill shark is Hexanchus griseus. It is under the family Hexanchidae, which are known as the “cow sharks.”

> Sixgills are globally distributed on continental slopes, shelves, and sea mounts, except for the Arctic and Southern oceans.

> Sixgills are ovoviviparous, which means their young develop in egg sacks within the mother’s uterus. They give birth to up to 108 pups and are polyandrous, which means one litter was multiple contributing fathers.

> Sixgill pups start out with a total length of 68-73cm, and can grow up to 5m!

> Sixgills occupy deep waters during the day and shallower waters at night, migrating up and down the sea floor slopes at dusk and dawn.

> A group of sixgills is called a shoal. The largest recorded gathering of sixgills was a shoal of 21 sharks.

> Sixgills share a genus with two other species, the Atlantic sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus) and the bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai)

> Hexanchid teeth have been found as far back as the Eocene epoch, about 33.5 to 56 million years ago.

> Sixgills growing up in Puget Sound have friends! They can often be found in pairs with same-sex conspecifics.

> Sixgills are generalist scavengers that spend most of their time above the sea floor (epibenthic).

> These sharks occupy depths up to 2500m.

> Sixgills give birth about once every two years.

> Sixgills are docile sharks, and have never harmed a human.

> Males have “scrolls” which sheath the claspers, making sexing at a glance more difficult than with other sharks species.

> We have yet to develop a method of determining the age of these sharks due to poor skeletal calcification. We don’t know how old they are or how long they live.

> Sixgills have comb-like teeth on the lower-jaw which allow them to saw and shear off chunks of flesh from bodies.

> A sixgill shark was responsible for biting a submarine fiber optic cable on a certain clip recorded by a commercial ROV in 2003!

> A sixgill shark once gave a ride to a crab on her fin! Her name is Crusty.

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