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Carcharias taurus
Large shark with huge mouth filled with row after row of razor teeth!
Spotted at Sea world, san diego
These sharks like to get very up close to the people passing by...
Spotted on Jan 2, 2010
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011
5 Comments
Thanks Dunai, I changed the ID! :)
You're thinking of the wrong type of nurse shark! These are grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus) but beautiful shot all the same ^_^ the teeth on these guys are just wicked
So basically it's a creature that curls or swims with a hinged mouth.
Just found it on wiki: The nurse shark family name, Ginglymostomatidae, derives from the Greek: from γίγγλυμος meaning hinge and στῶμα meaning mouth. Cirratum also derives from Greek, meaning curl or swim.
Great photos! Called Nurse why / idea?