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The Pacific Sleeper Shark

25 November, 2022
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The Pacific sleeper shark can be found in the temperate, northern Pacific Ocean at depths of up to 6,600 feet! However, they can also be found in the South Pacific and in Australasian waters as well

The Amazing Epaulette Shark

11 November, 2022
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The epaulette shark, aka itar shark or blind shark, can be spotted in the waters of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. They prefer warmer water and depths of no more than 164 feet. These sharks

The Amazing, Spiny Dogfish

15 August, 2022
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The spiny dogfish, aka piked dogfish, spiky dog, or rock salmon, is among the most prevalent shark species in the world. They get their name due to the fact that they have the habit of

The Prickly Shark

22 June, 2022
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The prickly shark can be found in smaller locales in the Pacific Ocean. They prefer cooler waters, up to 2,130 feet deep. However, they can also be found frequenting shallow waters in places like

The Angel Shark

17 June, 2022
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There are approximately 22 known species of angel shark, found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas. These sharks inhabit sandy seabeds, at depths of up to 490 feet. These odd-looking critters

The Australian Ghostshark

23 March, 2022
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The Australian ghostshark, aka elephant shark, whitefish, makorepe (in Māori), plough-nose chimaera, or elephant fish, hails from the waters off of southern Australia, including

The Not So Sour Lemon Shark

24 December, 2021
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So named for the yellowish color of its skin. The lemon shark can be found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans off the coasts of North America, South America, and Africa. They prefer

The Lazy Nurse Shark

26 November, 2021
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The nurse shark has got to be 1 of the laziest sharks in the ocean. They can be found in the subtropical and tropical waters of the Western and Eastern Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans

The Dusky Shark

24 June, 2021
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The dusky shark can be found in temperate and tropical oceans all around the world. These are requiem sharks (migratory, live-bearing sharks). Young sharks live in shallow coastal waters

The Galápagos Shark

17 June, 2021
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The Galápagos shark is not the most feared shark in the ocean but is still formidable, nonetheless. That being said, sharks aren’t mindless eating machines bent on eating anything that gets in the water with them. There are only around a handful of sharks that are

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