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shark of the day: daggernose shark, isogomphodon oxyrhyncus
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the daggernose shark is relatively small species or requiem shark named for its long pointed snout. they usually grow to be around 1.5 metres (~4.5 ft) long. daggernose sharks are typically found inmangroves, estuaries, and river mouths with muddy bottoms in shallow tropical waters off northeastern south america. they feed on small schooling fish such as croakers, herring, and anchovies. the daggernose shark is listed as critically endangered.
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🦈 Daily Shark Fact: 🦈
The Daggernose Shark once occurred in the shallow tropical waters of the central western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, from Venezuela to northern Brazil, making it one of the smallest ranges of any elasmobranch species. It no longer occurs in areas of Brazil where it was previously common, due to the threat of bycatch in unregulated artisanal gillnet fisheries operating throughout its range.
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Regarding my poll on Goblin Sharks, I thought I'd make a post about their lesser-known lookalike - the Daggernose Shark!
Not only is their name objectively ridiculous (Imagine an assassin called Daggernose), but they are woefully understudied for such a funky little dude
[ID: A realistic illustration of a Daggernose Shark (A small bluish-grey shark with a prominent snout) on a white background. END ID]
Look at him. He hasn't slept for three years and he isn't going to start now. I love him.
(They are also critically endangered, with approximately 250 individuals remaining. I couldn't find a single conservation project focussed on this species. However, if we can push to make their habitat (Northeast coast of South America) a Marine Protected Area, they may yet stand a chance)
#Daggernose Shark#Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus#shark#marine zoology#marine ecology#marine biology#zoology#ecology
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*Jason taking a few edibles and settling in to watch a movie*
Bruce: "Jason, you need to watch Damian, Alfred is on vacation and everyone else is busy"
Jason, who instantly forgot those were edibles: "Yea sure whatever I'll watch the demon brat"
*Bruce leaves and Damian is just staring at Jason from his doorway*
Damian: "I would like to go to the Aquarium. They have recently opened a new exhibit of Daggernose Sharks and I would like to document them so I can convince father to assist in finding their conservation efforts."
Jason: "Yea okay but we'll have to do car service because B said I'm only allowed to drive if I don't have passengers because" *air quotes* "I don't technically have a license anymore and it's ~illegal~ or fuckin whatever"
Damian: "Excellent. Allow me to gather my things and I will meet you in the foyer."
Jason: *nods as Damian leaves*
*The car arrives and halfway through the drive the edibles hit and Jason realized he's Fucked if the Damian finds out*
*they get through the entire trip and back home and Jason immediately goes to his room and didn't realize Damian followed him*
Damian: "So for my bribe I would like you to assist in getting father to fund the conservation efforts of the daggernose shark."
Jason: "...why would I need to bribe you?"
Damian: "So I don't inform Father that you were substantially under the influence while watching me."
Jason: "I was not!"
Damian: "Although it seems to be your default setting, stupidity does not look good on you. You tried carrying my like a plank of wood and cried at the jellyfish. Although they are beautiful and majestic creatures, I do not think that would warrant such a public and emotional display of an adult grown man who was sober."
Jason: "So how much are we asking for?"
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Here’s some shark breads tha no one asked for but I’m doing anyway!:
African angelshark
African dwarf sawshark
African lanternshark
African ribbontail catshark
African sawtail catshark
American pocket shark
Angelshark
Angular angelshark
Angular roughshark
Antilles catshark
Arabian carpetshark
Arabian catshark
Arabian smooth-hound
Argentine angelshark
Arrowhead dogfish
Atlantic angel shark
Atlantic sawtail catshark
Atlantic sixgill shark
Atlantic sharpnose shark
Atlantic weasel shark
Australian angelshark
Australian blackspotted catshark
Australian blacktip shark
Australian grey smooth-hound
Australian marbled catshark
Australian reticulate swellshark
Australian sawtail catshark
Australian sharpnose shark
Australian spotted catshark
Australian swellshark
Australian weasel shark
Azores dogfish
Bahamas sawshark
Bali catshark
Balloon shark
Banded houndshark
Banded sand catshark
Banded wobbegong
Bartail spurdog
Barbelthroat carpetshark
Barbeled houndshark
Bareskin dogfish
Basking shark
Beige catshark
Bigeye houndshark
Bigeye sand tiger
Bigeye thresher shark
Bighead catshark
Bighead spurdog
Bignose shark
Bigeyed sixgill shark
Birdbeak dogfish
Blackbelly lanternshark
Black dogfish
Blackfin gulper shark
Blackgill catshark
Blackmouth catshark
Blackmouth lanternshark
Blacknose shark
Black roughscale catshark
Blackspot shark
Blackspotted catshark
Blackspotted smooth-hound
Blacktail reef shark
Blacktailed spurdog
Blacktip reef shark
Blacktip sawtail catshark
Blacktip shark
Blacktip tope
Black wonder catshark
Blind shark
Blotched catshark, two different species
Blotchy swellshark
Blue-eye lanternshark
Bluegrey carpetshark
Blue shark
Bluntnose sixgill shark
Blunt-nose spiny dogfish
Blurred lanternshark
Boa catshark
Bonnethead shark
Borneo broadfin shark
Borneo shark
Bramble shark
Brazilian sharpnose shark
Bristled lanternshark
Bristly catshark
Broadbanded lanternshark
Broadfin sawtail catshark
Broadfin shark
Broadgill catshark
Broadhead catshark
Broadmouth catshark
Broadnose catshark
Broadnose sevengill shark
Broad-snout lanternshark
Brownbanded bamboo shark
Brown catshark
Brown lanternshark
Brown shyshark
Brown smoothhound
Brownspotted catshark
Bull shark
Burmese bamboo shark
Campeche catshark
Caribbean lanternshark
Caribbean reef shark
Caribbean roughshark
Caribbean sharpnose shark
Caribbean smooth-hound
Carolina hammerhead
Cenderawasih epaulette shark
Chain catshark
Chilean angelshark
Chilean lanternshark
Clouded angelshark
Cloudy catshark
Coates' shark
Cobbler wobbegong
Collared carpetshark
Combtooth dogfish
Combtooth lanternshark
Common smooth-hound
Comoro catshark
Cook's swellshark
Cookiecutter shark
Copper shark
Coral catshark
Creek whaler
Crested bullhead shark
Crocodile shark
Crying catshark
Cuban dogfish
Cuban ribbontail catshark
Cylindrical lanternshark
Cyrano spurdog
Daggernose shark
Dark freckled catshark
Dark shyshark
Deepwater catshark
Deepwater sicklefin houndshark
Dense-scale lantern shark
Disparate angelshark
Draughtsboard shark
Dumb gulper shark
Dusky catshark
Dusky shark
Dusky smooth-hound
Dusky snout catshark
Dwarf catshark
Dwarf false catshark
Dwarf gulper shark
Dwarf lanternshark
Dwarf sawtail catshark
Dwarf smooth-hound
Dwarf spotted wobbegong
Eastern angelshark
Eastern banded catshark
Eastern highfin spurdog
Eastern longnose spurdog
Eastern spotted gummy shark
Edmund's spurdog
Elongate carpetshark
Epaulette shark
False catshark
False lanternshark
False smalltail shark
Fat catshark
Fatspine spurdog
Fedorov's catshark
Filetail catshark
Finetooth shark
Flaccid catshark
Flagtail swellshark
Flapnose houndshark
Flathead catshark
Floral banded wobbegong
Formosa swellshark
Freckled catshark
Frilled shark
Fringefin lanternshark
Frog shark
Galapagos bullhead shark
Galapagos shark
Galbraith's catshark
Ganges shark
Garrick's catshark
Gecko catshark
Genie's dogfish
Ghost catshark
Ginger carpetshark
Goblin shark
Graceful catshark
Graceful shark
Granular dogfish
Great hammerhead
Great lanternshark
Great white shark
Green-eye spurdog
Green lanternshark
Greenland shark
Grey bamboo shark
Grey sharpnose shark
Grey smooth-hound
Grinning catshark
Guadalupe lanternshark
Gulf catshark
Gulf of Mexico filetail catshark
Gulf smooth-hound
Gulper shark
Gummy shark
Halmahera epaulette shark
Hardnose shark
Harlequin catshark
Hasselt's bamboo shark
Hawaiian lanternshark
Hidden angelshark
Highfin dogfish
Hoary catshark
Honeycomb Izak
Hooded carpetshark
Hooktooth dogfish
Hooktooth shark
Horn shark
Human's whaler shark
Humpback catshark
Humpback smooth-hound
Iceland catshark
Indian swellshark
Indonesian angelshark
Indonesian filetail catshark
Indonesian greeneye spurdog
Indonesian houndshark
Indonesian shortsnout spurdog
Indonesian speckled carpetshark
Indonesian speckled catshark
Indonesian whaler shark
Indonesian wobbegong
Izak catshark
Izu catshark
Jaguar catshark
Japanese angelshark
Japanese bullhead shark
Japanese catshark
Japanese roughshark
Japanese sawshark
Japanese shortnose spurdog
Japanese spurdog
Japanese topeshark
Japanese velvet dogfish
Japanese wobbegong
Kermadec smooth hound
Kermadec spiny dogfish
Kitefin shark
Knifetooth dogfish
Lana's sawshark
Largenose catshark
Largespine velvet dogfish
Largetooth cookiecutter shark
Leafscale gulper shark
Lemon shark
Leopard catshark
Leopard epaulette shark
Leopard shark
Lined catshark
Lined lanternshark
Lined lanternshark
Little gulper shark
Little sleeper shark
Lizard catshark
Lollipop catshark
Lombok highfin spurdog
Longfin catshark
Longfin mako
Longfin sawtail catshark
Longhead catshark
Longnose catshark
Longnose houndshark
Longnose pygmy shark
Longnose sawshark
Longnose sawtail catshark
Longnose spurdog
Longnose velvet dogfish
Longsnout dogfish
Longnose sleeper shark
Lowfin gulper shark
Magnificent catshark
Mandarin dogfish
Mangalore houndshark
McMillan's catshark
Megamouth shark
Mexican angelshark
Mexican hornshark
Milk-eye catshark
Milk shark
Mini gulper shark
Moller's lanternshark
Mosaic gulper shark
Mouse catshark
Mud catshark
Mukah river shark
Narrowbar swellshark
Narrowfin smooth-hound
Narrowhead catshark
Narrowmouthed catshark
Narrownose smooth-hound
Narrowtail catshark
Natal shyshark
Necklace carpetshark
Nervous shark
Network wobbegong
New Caledonia catshark
New Zealand catshark
New Zealand lanternshark
Night shark
Ninja lanternshark
Northern river shark
Northern sawtail catshark
Northern spiny dogfish
Northern wobbegong
Nurse shark
Nursehound
Nurseblood
Oakley's catshark
Oceanic whitetip shark
Ocellate topeshark
Ocellated angelshark
Oman bullhead shark
Onefin catshark
Orange spotted catshark
Ornate angelshark
Ornate dogfish
Ornate wobbegong
Pacific angelshark
Pacific nurse shark
Pacific sharpnose shark
Pacific sleeper shark
Pacific smalltail shark
Pacific spadenose shark
Pacific spiny dogfish
Painted swellshark
Pale catshark
Pale spotted catshark
Panama ghost catshark
Papua shorttail lanternshark
Papuan epaulette shark
Pelagic thresher shark
Peppered catshark
Phallic catshark
Philippines angelshark
Philippines ribbontail catshark
Philippines swellshark
Pigeye shark
Pink lanternshark
Pinocchio catshark
Plunket's shark
Pocket shark
Pondicherry shark
Porbeagle shark
Port Jackson shark
Portuguese dogfish
Prickly dogfish
Prickly shark
Puffadder shyshark
Pygmy lanternshark
Pygmy ribbontail catshark
Pygmy shark
Quagga catshark
Rasptooth dogfish
Redspotted catshark
Reticulated swellshark
Roughback catshark
Rough longnose dogfish
Roughskin catshark
Roughskin dogfish
Roughskin spurdog
Roughtail catshark
Rusty carpetshark
Rusty catshark
Saddle carpetshark
Saddled swellshark
Sailback houndshark
Sailfin roughshark
Salamander shark
Saldanha catshark
Salmon shark
Sandtiger shark
Sandbar shark
Sarawak pygmy swellshark
Sarawak smooth-hound
Sawback angelshark
Scalloped bonnethead
Scalloped hammerhead
Scoophead
Sculpted lanternshark
Seychelles carpetshark
Seychelles gulper shark
Seychelles spurdog
Sharpfin houndshark
Sharpnose sevengill shark
Sharptooth houndshark
Sharptooth smooth-hound
Sherwood dogfish
Shortbelly catshark
Shortfin mako
Shortfin smooth lanternshark
Shortnose demon catshark
Shortnose sawshark
Shortnose spurdog
Shortspine spurdog
Shorttail lanternshark
Shorttail nurse shark
Sicklefin houndshark
Sicklefin lemon shark
Sicklefin smooth-hound
Sicklefin weasel shark
Silky shark
Silvertip shark
Sixgill sawshark
Slender bamboo shark
Slender catshark
Slender gulper shark
Slender sawtail catshark
Slender smooth-hound
Slender weasel shark
Sliteye shark
Smallbelly catshark
Smalldorsal catshark
Smalleye catshark
Smalleye hammerhead
Smalleye lantern shark
Smalleye pygmy shark
Smalleye smooth-hound
Smallfin catshark
Smallfin gulper shark
Small-spotted catshark
Smalltail shark
Smalltooth sand tiger
Smoothback angelshark
Smooth hammerhead
Smooth lanternshark
Smoothtooth blacktip shark
Snaggletooth shark
Sombre catshark
South China catshark
Southern African frilled shark
Southern dogfish
Southern lanternshark
Southern lollipop catshark
Southern mandarin dogfish
Southern sawtail catshark
Southern sleeper shark
Spadenose shark
Sparsetooth dogfish
Spatulasnout catshark
Speartooth shark
Speckled carpetshark
Speckled catshark
Speckled smooth-hound
Speckled swellshark
Spined pygmy shark
Spinner shark
Spiny dogfish
Splendid lanternshark
Spongehead catshark
Spotless catshark
Spotless smooth-hound
Spottail shark
Spotted-belly catshark
Spotted estuary smooth-hound
Spotted houndshark
Spotted wobbegong
Springer's sawtail catshark
Starspotted smooth-hound
Starry catshark
Starry smooth-hound
Steven's swellshark
Straight-tooth weasel shark
Striped catshark
Striped smooth-hound
Sulu gollumshark
Swellshark
Taillight shark
Tailspot lanternshark
Taiwan angelshark
Taiwan saddled carpetshark
Taiwan spurdog
Tasselled wobbegong
Tawny nurse shark
Thorny lanternshark
Thresher shark
Tiger catshark
Tiger shark
Tope shark
Triton epaulette shark
Tropical sawshark
Variegated catshark
Velvet belly lanternshark
Velvet catshark
Velvet dogfish
Viper dogfish
West African catshark
West Indian lanternshark
Western angelshark
Western gulper shark
Western highfin spurdog
Western longnose spurdog
Western spotted catshark
Western spotted gummy shark
Western wobbegong
Whale shark
Whiskery shark
White-bodied catshark
Whitecheek shark
White-clasper catshark
Whitefin dogfish
White-fin smooth-hound
Whitefin swellshark
Whitefin topeshark
White ghost catshark
White-margin fin smooth-hound
Whitemarked gollumshark
Whitenose shark
Whitesaddled catshark
Whitespotted bamboo shark
Whitespotted bullhead shark
Whitespotted catshark
Whitespotted smooth-hound
Whitetail dogfish
White-tip catshark
Whitetip reef shark
Whitetip weasel shark
Winghead shark
Yellowspotted catshark
Zebra bullhead shark
Zebra shark
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I love you frilled sharks I love you goblin sharks I love you viper dogfish I love you Greenland sharks I love you Cookie cutter sharks I love you crocodile sharks I love you winghead sharks I love you angular roughsharks I love you whitetip reef shark I love you epaulette shark I love you deep sea dragon fish I love you barrel eye I love you viper fish I love you frog fish I love you tripod fish I love you angler fish I love you hatchet fish I love you fangstooth I love you lantern fish I love you deep sea giant isopods I love you vampire squid I love you glass squid I love you blobfish I love you chimeara I love you hagfish I love you deep sea lizard fish I love you snaggletooth eel I love you lancet fish I love you sturgeon I love you moray eel I love you worm goby I love you lemon shark I love you great white shark I love you mako shark I love you thresher shark I love you salmon shark I love you deep sea skate I love you megamouth shark I love you sixgill shark I love you sleeper shark Iove you bigfin squid I love you white spot jellyfish I love you firework jelly fish I love you telescope fish I love you gulper eel I love you snipet eel I love you oarfish I love you sea butterfly I love you firefly squid I love you ceolocanth I love you crocodile snake eel I love you crocodile fish I love you sea Angel I love you alligator gar I love you wels catfish I love you arapaima I love you piranha I love you koi fish daggernose sharks I love you threadfin snailfish I love you bony earred ass fish I love you sea robin I love you plecos I love you sawfish I love you sawshark I love you leopard shark I love you zebra shark I love you wobbegong shark I love you angel shark I love you sand tiger shark I love you deep sea batfish I love you bamboo sharks I love you rattail fish I love you nautilus I love you squid worm I love you fish creatures all very very much
#theres more butbshshd#autism posting#fish#sharks#deep sea life#i love fish so so so so much they're so fucking cool#deep sea fish gotta be one of my favorite genders#reptile appreciation coming soon
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Probably extinct Daggernose Shark Line Art by @rapidpunches Colors by @whereischaosprincess
#extinct#shark#ocean#drawing#dibujo#brazil#illustration#daggernose#pdx#marine#fish#rapidpunches#collab
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Are there any cool sharks that have sadly gone extinct? Or are in danger of going extinct?
So I've actually gone and signed up for an account on the IUCN website to look into this specifically without spending ten million years trying to find the answer. A short summary of those at risk of extinction and those already extinct below :)
According to the IUCN’s Red List (which basically gives you a run down on how close or far an animal is to extinction), searching “sharks” and narrowing down the search to CR (critically endangered), EN (endangered), and VU (vulnerable), I got 420 hits. Of those, it will include animals that have “shark” in their name; which may include non-shark fish. But I can at least narrow it down a bit further using taxonomy as a means to filter out non-shark animals. This means, for taxonomy, we look for “Chondrichthyes” as a class of animals; aka sharks and rays.
The result then narrows down to 416. These are sharks. And now I can sort the order of results from VU right the way down to CR (lower to high on the concern scale). Since we want to know the most at risk first, I can reverse this sorting so it’s most to least in danger.
There’s been no recently extinct sharks, according to the IUCN’s list, but that’s not to say shark species aren’t at great risk of extinction, or aren’t critically endangered because of a range of reasons.
So, at the top of the list we have:
Scalloped Hammerhead
Angelshark
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Hidden Angelshark
Argentine Angelshark
Chilean Angelshark
Humpback Smoothhound
Indian Swellshark
Daggernose Shark
Ganges Shark
Dwarf Gulper Shark
Reticulated Swellshark
Striped Smoothhound
Scoophead Shark
Sarawak Pygmy Swell Shark
Pondicherry Shark
Pacific Smalltail Shark
Borneo Shark
Shorttail Nurse Shark
Lost Shark
Smoothback Angelshark
I’ve excluded rays from this list since they’re a different sub-branch of the Chonrichthyes class to sharks. That gives us 21 sharks classed as critically endangered (aka at risk of extinction) so far on the list. This is only from the first page, by the way.
Out of the list, one shark is potentially thought to be extinct which is the Lost Shark (good name). Only 3 specimens of the species have been found in Borneo, Thailand, and Vietnam; all are over 80 years old. They were mistaken for a species of Smalltail Shark at first, but now they’re considered to be their own species. As a result, IUCN’s Red List classifies the Lost Shark as CR or possibly extinct.
This made me sad. I need to go cuddle Greg the Mako Shark who lives on my bed to feel better now.
#sharks#shark facts#education#information#shark asks#animal conservation#marine biology#iucn red list
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#wildoctoberart "Misunderstood" for Inktober
Here is a selection of some of the most misunderstood animals in my opinion.
Pigs | In English many idioms such as "road hog" or "server hog" associate pigs to negative connotations of dirt, greed, or the monopolisation of resources. In "Animal Farm", the animals who take control of the farm are pigs. The French equivalent of the "Me Too" movement is called "Balance ton porc" meaning "Report your pig", "porc" being a French insult to describe a lustful or ill-mannered disgusting person. In fact, pigs are intelligent, emotional animals and some researches show that they able to solve challenging problems, they love to play, they display a wide range of emotions, and they have unique individual personalities.
Hyena | Their unpopularity is probably partly due to Disney's Lion King which portraits hyenas as stupid giggling cowards. Aristotle described the hyena as “exceedingly fond of putrefied flesh.” Hemingway wrote that they are “hermaphroditic self-eating devourer of the dead.”. Now we know that hyenas actually kill most of their prey, so they are not strictly scavengers. And regarding the "hermaphrodism" myth: spotted hyena females are often mistaken for males because they have a large clitoris — which is often called "pseudo-penis" in many articles... like they do not want to call it by its proper name — and labia that resembles testicles. Hyenas live in compact and unified matriarchal clans, and nurture their young investing more time in their cubs than most carnivores.
Sharks | They have an obvious big PR issue! I watched Jaws for the first time a few years ago and thought the movie has aged badly + what an insane shark-bashing that was... As a reminder, sharks kill 5 people per year, just remember that mosquitoes or dogs kill a lot more! 100 million sharks are killed by commercial and recreational fishing every year! Over 15 different species of sharks are endangered today (Whale Sharks, Angel Sharks, Scalloped Hammerheads, Daggernose Sharks...)
Rats | Musophobia is one of the most common specific phobias. European associations with the rat are generally negative. As a matter of fact, a group of rats is called a mischief and "Rats!" is used as a substitute of swear words in the English language. Rats are believed to have a responsibility in the 14th-century Black Death while fleas carried the plague. They are seen as vicious, dirty, parasitic animals that steal food and spread disease. Thankfully today their reputation starts to improve as science tells us more about this clever and social creature’s behaviour.
Wolf | The Big Bad Wolf is a recurring antagonist in fairy tales such as The Wolf and the Lamb, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Peter and the Wolf. Wolves are said to be cruel and evil while they are mostly shy and discreet animals. Nowadays, wolves are still cattle farmer’s biggest enemy. I just had to search online for “loup + éleveur” and I ended up on a paper saying there’s been a wolf attack in Bourgogne in France and farmers request to kill the wolf. Wolves are a protected species in France and biologists say the more natural wild prey there will be, the less wolves will come and eat sheep.
Vulture | Vultures are depicted as bald, ugly, squabbling and filthy scavengers. But vultures have a vital role in our ecosystems: they clean up carcasses thus avoiding proliferation of bacteria and diseases and contamination of water sources. And if you think they’re ugly — and while painting this vulture I realised they are actually beautiful — research further and you’ll see there are many species of vultures, some very colourful and feathery!
Snake | The evil or untrustworthy serpent, responsible for the Fall of man in Genesis that god cursed into a snake to crawl on its belly and eat dust... Snakes have frightened humans for ages since they are venomous or constrictors. However, they play an important role in the food chain and ecosystem: both as prey for larger birds and as predators to smaller animals such as very fertile rodents. And snakes only bite if they feel threatened. In the United States, more than 40 percent of people bitten by snake intentionally put themselves in harm's way by attempting to capture wild snakes!
Bat | One of the first things I learnt about bats as a little girl is that the urban legend saying that bats will fly into one's hair couldn’t be more groundless : bats can navigate very well in the dark thanks to echolocation! Since the dawn of humanity people have been scared of bats due to their appearance and the fact that they are nocturnal. In many cultures bats were seen as bad omens and symbols of death. Witches are often portrayed in the company of bats, demons with bat-like wings and vampire are traditionally shown to be able to transform themselves into bats. In this list, bats are my personal favourite, I’m not sure why, maybe because I think they’re cute when they sleep upside down and it looks like they hug themselves to sleep... Also...they eat mosquitoes!
Pigeon | Sometimes described as “rats with wings” pigeons have a similar reputation as rodents: dirty, stupid... In Flemish the phrase "simpele duif" ("simple pigeon") is a pejorative term used to refer to dumb or naïve people. We also have that in French: if you call someone a “pigeon” it means they are someone who can easily be tricked. In fact researches show that pigeons are not dumb at all: they are successful at the “mirror test” which show consciousness of self. Some studies show that they even have an understanding of abstract notions like time and space.
I was thinking of other animals to illustrate such as raccoons, opossums, toads... Which animal would you add to that list? What is your favourite?
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_threatened_sharks https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/201506/pigs-are-intelligent-emotional-and-cognitively-complex https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2019/06/hyenas-have-bad-rap-theyre-africas-most-successful-predator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_mice_and_rats https://onekindplanet.org/animal/rat/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_animals#Wolves_and_coyotes https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/attaque-loup-cinquantaine-eleveurs-ont-depose-carcasses-brebis-devant-prefecture-macon-1880072.html https://gizmodo.com/reconsider-the-vulture-1839512786 http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150713-the-truth-about-vultures https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/zoologie-intelligence-pigeons-ils-ont-notion-temps-espace-35576/
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Featured Species: Daggernose Shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus)
Featured Species: Daggernose Shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus)
This week’s featured species is not well known, and likely never will be, because the Daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus) is critically endangered and is likely facing extinction. The daggernose shark is so named for its elongated, flattened snout, that vaguely resembles the goblin shark’s. In fact its scientific name, Isogomphodon, is Greek for “equal nail tooth” and, oxyrhynchus, for…
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There are currently believed to be no more than 250 daggernose sharks in existence and the species may be in reproductive collapse, meaning it is likely to go extinct very soon.
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According to the IUCN Red List, the following ten species of sharks are evaluated as Critically Endangered:
Pondicherry shark, Carcharhinus hemiodon Ganges shark, Glyphis gangeticus New Guinea River Shark, Glyphis garricki Irawaddy River Shark, Glyphis siamensis Natal Shyshark, Haploblepharus kistnasamyi Daggernose Shark, Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus Striped Smoothhound, Mustelus fasciatus Sawback Angelshark, Squatina aculeata Smoothback Angelshark, Squatina oculata+ Angelshark, Squatina squatina
And the following twenty species of sharks are evaluated as Endangered:
Borneo Shark, Carcharhinus borneensis Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus leiodon Harrisson’s Dogfish, Centrophorus harrissoni Winghead Shark, Eusphyra blochii Speartooth Shark, Glyphis glyphis Whitefin Topeshark, Hemitriakis leucoperiptera Honeycomb Izak, Holohalaelurus favus Whitespotted Izak, Holohalaelurus punctatus Broadfin Shark, Lamniopsis temminickii Narrownose Smoothhound, Mustelus schmitti Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna lewini Great Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna mokarran Argentine Angelshark, Squatina argentina Taiwan Angelshark, Squatina formoa Hidden Angelshark, Squatina guggenheim Smoothback Angelshark, Squatina occulta+ Angular Angelshark, Squatina punctata Zebra Shark, Stegosoma fasciatum Sharpfin Houndshark, Triakis acutipinna
This post does a great job summarizing what this means, why this is and how we can use the power of information to educate on protecting species!
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SharkWeek has been going on the past week and I drew a critically endangered shark for every day of the week. Here you see: Northern River Shark/New Guinea River Shark Pondicherry Shark Angelshark Daggernose Shark Stripped Smooth-Hound Sawback Angelshark Natal Shyshark The greatest threats for all of these shark is the fishing industry, as they are catched for food and as bycatch. The second threat to them is global warming and their prey dying due to it. Loosing species of animals isn’t just a lost in diversity but also shows the serious consequences of our actions.
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While sharks are often portrayed as villainous killing machines, in reality they have reached a state of global crisis. Less that a quarter of all shark and ray species are currently considered to be safe from extinction.
A recent study shows that daggernose shark populations have been eviscerated by gillnets in Brazil, even though they have little commercial value as food and are too small to pose any threat to humans. Their near-extinct status comes from a high proportion of their juvenile population being caught as bycatch. In other words, if daggernose sharks go extinct, it will not be because humans actively sought to catch them and kill them. It will be because we didn’t care enough to avoid it.
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@sharkart-q-n-a It is a Daggernose Shark (劍吻鯊) !! :)
宜個品種比較少人知,佢地主要係南美洲嘅熱帶水域出現🙌 佢地平均長1.5米,你見到佢地個又長又扁又尖嘅scout, 好細嘅眼就知係佢😂 佢地瀕危係因為成日被D 漁民捉魚個陣唔小心捉埋。 同天使鯊唔同嘅地方係天使鯊係被Bottom Trawling (係一重種大規模商業捕魚) 捉到,而劍吻鯊就係主要被Artisanal Fishing (小型,傳統捕魚方法) 捉到,不過都有D 係被商業捕魚捉到 😢
!!! 係過去十年,佢地人口已經跌超過90% la😨!!!
The Daggernose Shark is a little-known species, It inhabits shallow tropical waters off South America. It is a relatively small shark typically reaching 1.5 m in length. It is unmistakable for its elongated, flattened, and pointed snout, tiny eyes.
Both Angel sharks and Daggernose sharks are the victim of bycatch. The main difference between is the method which causes bycatch. As i mentioned yesterday, Angel Sharks are accidentally caught by Bottom Trawling (used by commercial fisheries), but the Daggernose Sharks are caught accidentally by Artisinal floating gillets.
!!! For the past 10 years, their population has already dropped 90% !!!
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