Hampshire shark: Appeal for head to be returned
It is thought to be a smalltooth sand tiger shark but its head was removed after it was discovered. …
“There is so much we are yet to learn and the head in particular holds the key to unlocking intricate details of the shark’s life, even from before birth.”She said an example of this was the lenses in a shark’s eye which develop in utero, and that “analysis of atoms in the lens, through a technique known as stable isotope analysis, can help identify where a pregnant female was feeding”.
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