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The life cycle of a shark john crossingham, bobbie kalman. What are the biggest great white sharks ever recorded. Might cape cods waters serve as a breeding ground for the great white shark, the largest and most feared predatory fish on earth. The tiger shark is a member of the order carcharhiniformes, the most speciesrich order of sharks, with more than 270 species also including the small catsharks and hammerhead sharks. This book offered many tid bits of infomation that kept my interest such as the gestation of most shark eggs being six to fifteen months. A whale shark can filter over 1,500 gallons of water an hour.
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