Galeocerdo leopard shark cuvieri

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Galeocerdo shark teeth cuvieri (Photo: sharktoothcollector)

The scientific name is Galeocerdo cuvieri living in tropical and subtropical waters. The average weight is about 1.4 tons and the average is about 8m. The back is slightly green or grayish green. The belly is light gray, yellow or white, the muzzle is short and round.

Teeth are sharp and jagged, they can chew bones; but only for a short time is the tooth falling and quickly replaced by new teeth.

Leopard sharks are omnivores, one of the few types of sharks resistant to scavengers. They also eat a variety of live foods such as fish, crustaceans, soft bodies, birds, animals, reptiles. Although they have a sense of wall, they are ready to grab and swallow things that cannot be digested. It was found that in a stomach a leopard shark has a drum weighing up to 6kg, they swallow both beer bottles, coal, oven, jacket, cow's base, deer antlers, . However, they are not killed by those undigested foods. When their stomachs contain too many indigestion things, they can vomit and get rid of all that out.

Despite great vision, snare sharks rely primarily on sharp sense of smell to detect the smell of blood: they can detect prey with a little blood mixed in seawater. In the dark, they also detect magnetic fields emitted by animals in the sand. They also sense small changes in water pressure caused by a struggling fish. Once the prey has been identified, the leopard shark swims around and touches the prey before actually killing it.

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Sharks report insemination rather than fertilizing like many other fish . Males often use their teeth to hold their females immobile during mating. Pregnant females from 10 to 80 juveniles each. The baby fish is completely independent immediately after leaving the womb. At the time of birth, young children look exactly like parents.

This dangerous shark often lives alone, now and then. On average, they often swim about 80km a day, they just stop to eat something. Although they normally look slow, they will become very active and fierce when stimulated by food. When necessary, they can swim to speeds of more than 32km / hour.

During the daytime, leopard sharks are often in deep water layers but are sometimes seen sunning near the water. They are in the habit of moving near the shore in the evening.

Terrible leopard shark follows only white sharks. They are considered one of the most dangerous sharks because they often appear in shallow water, have large sizes and indiscriminate eating habits. They are listed as "cannibalistic fish". Leopard sharks do not hunt people, but attack and eat people because of their "free" eating habits.

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