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Is there any herbivore sharks

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Whale Sharks and Basking Sharks feed on plankton. In the sea it is hard to separate the phytoplankton from the zooplankton so if its a filter feeder it might be considered a herbivore, since they do ingest what are technically plants.

However, it has been discovered that Basking Sharks actually preferentially pursue certain favored types of zooplankton. This certainly seems to indicate that their preference is the zooplankton and therefore should be considered primarily carnivorous, and only "accidentally" herbivorous, in the same sense that a lion is not really herbivorous even though it may ingest plant matter from it's prey's gut.

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Sharks are exclusively carnivores, which means they will only eat meat. There are some occaisions, most notably in the case of the tiger shark, where sharks will eat things that are not even considered food, such as license plates, but this is due to an accident on the shark's part.

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Some sharks feed on plankton and algae, but for the most part they are carnivores.

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Every organism on Earth (besides plants, bacteria, cells, etc.) is an animal!

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they do have a back bone but it is made up of hardened cartlage.

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No, Sharks are marine meat eaters

Well, the Whale Shark eats plankton which includes plants, bacteria and such.

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Bottom Feeders, or "Bottom Dewllers". I think the nurse shark is one.

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A vertebrate is any animal with a set of vertebrae protecting a spinal cord. Sharks do have a spine. That means bull sharks are vertebrates.

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