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Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Uploaded by DrZeehc

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Uploader comment: Greetings. Here's some photos of a weird, horned shark we pulled up in our net. Didn't notice it till we got back and was emptying the net, it was dead by then. Been fishing a long time and occasionally we snag a baby shark, but in all of my years I have never seen anything like it. Does anybody know what kind of shark it is??? Thank You, Dr. Z

Recent comments on this image

#5 Posted by miss mandy on 7/23/2006

That is crazy looking. Your best bet is to take it to a college that has a Bio Marine lab and let them check it out.

#4 Posted by atticgirl on 7/23/2006

my only guess is that the horn is used for the baby shark to tear its way out of the egg case.

#3 Posted by jaylen on 5/18/2007

I agree with atticgirl. That horn is used kind of like a baby chick uses that bump on it's beak. The horn is used to tear away the egg tissue. After a week or so, the horn becomes weak and gradually falls off, bit by bit.

#2 Posted by bile on 10/12/2007

Baby sharks eat their way out of their egg cases. They don't need horns.

#1 Posted by gracy4033 on 1/6/2014

wait.... sharks give live birth......right?

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