Thursday, January 8, 2009

Basking Shark




A basking shark comes from cartilaginous. the basking shark is the second largest fish, after the whale shark. It a slow moving and generally harmless filter feeder. The basking shark lives in the western Atlantic ocean. they eat plankton by opening though their mouth. instead of breathing though there gills they breathe from the stained water and expel that back out though their gills. they hatch their own eggs. the unique characteristics of the basking shark is that its the biggest second shark.

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leanasblog said...

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