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Provoked Non-Fatal Attacks to Divers by Sandbar Shark
Provoked Non-Fatal Attacks to Divers by Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), off Taşucu Coast (Ne Mediterranean Sea, Turkey) Ergüden D., Ayas D., Kabasakal H. ABSTRACT: On 26 August 2019, two commercial divers, who were diving for the routine check and cleaning of the separate aquaculture net cages, were attacked by several sandbar sharks, Carcharhinus
Armored eyes of the whale shark
Armored eyes of the whale shark Taketeru Tomita, Kiyomi Murakumo, Shinya Komoto, Alistair Dove, Masakatsu Kino, Kei Miyamoto, Minoru Toda ABSTRACT: This report elaborates on adaptations of the eyes of the whale shark Rhincodon typus (Elasmobranchii, Rhincodontidae), including the discovery that they are covered with dermal denticles, which is a novel mechanism of eye protection