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Researchers Baffled by Skinless, Toothless Catshark Living Off the Coast of Sardinia – TheInertia.com
A catshark with no skin and no teeth was recently pulled in by a research boat. And it was alive.
Ever wondered what a skinless catshark looks like? Us neither. Photo: Antonello Mulas of the University of Cagliari, Italy
Researchers off the coast of Sardinia dragged up something strange recently: a shark with no skin and no teeth. Skin and teeth, as you probably suspected, are important to sharks, so the researchers were a little confused as to how the shark was alive.
The catshark was caught in a trawl on a fishing boat called the Ruggero back in July of 2019. The vessel was sailing off C…
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