By Barbara Am Ende

Illustrated Sketches of Natural History: Consisting of Descriptions and Engravings of Animals. Second Series. 1864.

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I really love sharks… 

Album of Sharks, Tom McGowen, 1977. Illustrated by Rod Ruth.

From La Ballena y los animales del mar, illustrated by Gabriele Pozzi, 1985.

werewolf park ranger

she loves her job and helps keep the deer population under control

My favourite genre of extinct animal is forbidden pupy

Animal Movement. Written by Malcolm Penny. Illustrated by Wendy Meadway. 1988.

any cute nurse shark or whale shark facts?

yes and hiii! thanks for the ask <3

nurse sharks first,

- they spend most of their time laying around reefs or underwater, cuddling together in groups or 2 to 40 (which is how they got their title of laziest shark, but i think its cute)

- younger nurse sharks can change color depending on how much sunlight they’ve been exposed to. pups that were kept in the sun and moved to the shade changed from a dark to light coloration within minutes.

- some nurse shark pups have polka dots!

- they can be trained (using positive reinforcement) to pick up hoops and bring them back to trainers, similarly to dolphins

- their known as the “couch potato of the shark world”

- they have two little knobs on their face called barbels, which contain taste buds that they drag across the ocean floor to find prey

and, not a fact but here’s a picture of the rare dalmatian nurse shark!

and onto whale sharks!

- whale sharks are referred to as “gentle giants”

- they can live up to 150 years

- they may be the world’s biggest fish, but their swimming speed is only 3mph

- whale sharks are filter feeders, which means they can’t bite or chew

- every whale shark has a completely unique pattern, just like fingerprints

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Wet specimen of a baiji calf (Lipotes vexillifer).

The gestation period for this species lasted 10-11 months. Calves measured around 80–90 centimetres (31–35 in) at birth, and nursed for 8–20 months. [x]