Do you have a favorite species of shark?
Hi there! I do :) it's the zebra shark!
They're just so beautiful :) One of my favorite things from being an aquarist intern was feeding a trio of them! They are target trained, and they inhale big slabs of fish out of the tongs you hold out for them with their teeny mouths. Big dorks.
I also think it's fascinating that they are thought to be the closest relatives to whale sharks!
You can see a resemblance between these two pictures when you check out their double dorsal fins, sloping back, and pronounced longitudinal ridges!
They are also just the sweetest babies - and in captivity, these sharks often perform parthenogenesis, which is when females basically pup their own clones without the need for a male!
Lemme know your favs in the comments 🦈🤘
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