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06-24-2008, 04:55 AM
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Are sawfish a type of shark? They look so similar from underneath...
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06-24-2008, 09:44 AM
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06-24-2008, 10:49 AM
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 A happy sawshark comes from a loving home.  .  Father: Hammerhead dolphin Mother: Circular sawshark |
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06-24-2008, 11:09 AM
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The shark is the one on the left, not right. They are especially strong since those long things on their noses are barbels.
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06-24-2008, 11:19 AM
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go ahead, abbrev. it
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06-24-2008, 11:22 AM
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go ahead, abbrev. it
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or saw-whet?
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06-24-2008, 07:05 PM
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There are a few different varieties of saw shark, but they all come from the Pristiophorus family. Lay people will often refer to a sawshark as a sawfish though, so it's possible that's where the confusion arises? You can see that the one on the left has the two longer prongs. That's what identifies it as a saw shark. The one on the right doesn't have them and the structure of the snout is different.
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06-24-2008, 11:20 PM
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A shark is a fish. It is a cartilagenous fish.
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