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Thursday 13 January 2022

The cannibal in the ocean

I’ve just learnt about a new shark – Orthacanthus – and maybe it’s Latin name will give you a clue as to why I hadn’t heard of it before: it’s extinct. But even when animals are long gone, the mysteries they leave in the ripples behind them continue to fascinate scientists. And all of us.
 
Orthacanthus. SaberrexStrongheart via chondrichthyes.fandom.com/wiki.