Sharks The Animal Answer Guide
120 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide Skate incubation periods are highly dependent on temperature; babies develop more quickly at ...
Reproduction and Development 121 dation on their newborn pups. However, not all predators are deterred by this tactic. For examp ...
122 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide producing more than live-bearing species. In many species, litter size in- creases as a fema ...
Reproduction and Development 123 Egg-laying selachians produce intermediate numbers. The 10 to 50 eggs of heterodontid Horn Shar ...
124 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide of 10 to 50 or more. However, some scyliorhinid cat sharks hold onto their eggs until many a ...
Reproduction and Development 125 What is a baby shark called? The young of many bony fishes are called fry, and some have specia ...
126 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide provided by most chondrichthyans involves carrying a developing embryo inside its body, safe ...
Reproduction and Development 127 Can sharks reproduce asexually? Normal reproduction in chondrichthyan fishes involves males and ...
128 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide the artificial conditions—including a lack of male companionship—that the females experience ...
Reproduction and Development 129 southern end of the Gulf of California near La Paz and in the Galapa- gos Islands. The known fe ...
130 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide Size and age at maturity and longevity of some sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras Maximum S ...
Reproduction and Development 131 Striking differences also occur in species that have wide geographic ranges. Salmon Sharks in t ...
132 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide How fast do sharks grow? Sharks grow throughout their lives, rapidly at first, then at slowe ...
Growth rates of some better-known elasmobranchs Males Females Common name Species (% per year) (% per year) Sharks Tiger Galeoce ...
134 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide injected with dyes that stain hard structures, and then recaptured later. Sometimes more tha ...
135 Chapter 7 Foods and Feeding What do sharks eat? The most general statement that can be made about feeding patterns in sharks ...
136 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide vulnerable to fishing. What they eat depends mostly on place and shark species. Among sharks ...
Foods and Feeding 137 them were attacked at the same rate as fishermen without masks. It’s sort of like seatbelts and bike helme ...
138 Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide Although seemingly specialized for certain food types, some sharks can adjust their teeth to ...
Foods and Feeding 139 muscles, lifting of the throat region, and additional contractions of the stomach itself. The surrounding ...
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