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The nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is a large, sluggish, bottom-dwelling shark that is generally harmless unless provoked. It has very strong jaws, a stout body, and a wide head with obvious barbels (thin, fleshy, whisker-like organs on the lower jaw that sense touch and taste).. ... ; NURSE SHARK ACTIVITIES;
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Although they may appear sluggish, nurse sharks slurp up bottom dwelling, or benthic, organisms in their bellows-like mouths with amazing speed. ... The nurse shark has a flattened body and a broad, rounded head with two conspicuous barbels between the nostrils which are used to help find food.
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Nurse shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The nurse shark , Ginglymostoma cirratum , is a shark in the nurse sharks family, the only member of its genus Ginglymostoma . Nurse sharks can reach a length of 4.3 m (14 ft) and a weight o...
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Grey nurse shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The grey nurse shark (Australia), spotted ragged-tooth shark (Africa) or sand tiger shark (US and UK), Carcharias taurus , is a large shark inhabiting coastal waters worldwide, with many diffe...
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Nurse sharks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae . Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, the family c...
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Lumnitzer, A. 2000.The grey nurse shark. Fish & Critters. Sport Diving. December / January 2000-2001: 86-87. ... 1996. The Biology and Conservation Status of the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias Taurus Rafinesque, 1810) in New South Wales, Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems. 6:1-20.
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Learn all you wanted to know about nurse sharks with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic. ... The scientific name for the nurse shark sounds like something Bilbo Baggins might have said to summon elves to his rescue: Ginglymostoma cirratum . Actually the name is a mix of Greek and Latin and...
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