Today's blog is on the Basking shark, this shark can grow up to 6-10 meters long and when they are adults they are around 5 tons/ 5,000 pounds. They are the 2nd largest fish in the ocean and they are gentle giants they are like the whale shark and only eat plankton and krill they do this through the 1,000's of bristles in their gills they reach almost to the top of the sharks head and each of its fins can reach a length of 2 meters each, the mouth of this shark can reach a length of 1 meter across and also contains small hooked teeth they have more teeth than any other shark in the world they have a very large liver that can take up 25% of the sharks body weight this helps the shark stay afloat for the rest of its oceanic life. The juveniles of this species have a hook like snout wich changes during the first year of their life.
Videos
From arkive.org
http://www.arkive.org/basking-shark/cetorhinus-maximus/video-00.html
http://www.arkive.org/basking-shark/cetorhinus-maximus/video-06.html
http://www.arkive.org/basking-shark/cetorhinus-maximus/video-01.html
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