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yes, it is like a spine.
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How do bull sharks support their back bone?
Sharks do not exactly have back bones, their skeletons are cartilaginous. And their weight is supported by the water in which they swim.
Do sharks have bone marrow?
Sharks don't have bones.
Are sharks bony?
No sharks are not 'bony'. The skeletal makeup of sharks is cartilage. Although cartilage is dense and can be bone-like it is significantly less dense than bone.
Do sharks have endoskeleton?
yes, but its not made of bone but cartilageYes sharks have an endoskeleton.
Are sharks jaws made of bones?
No. there is no bone in a sharks body. The sharks skeleton is made of cartilage.
Is a sharks tooth cartilage or bone?
Teeth are teeth, neither cartilage or bone. But more similar to bone than cartilage.
Is a shark an vertebrate or invertebrates?
vertebrate
Do tiger sharks have bones?
No, no shark has bone, all sharks have cartilage instead.
What do sharks have instead of a bone?
cartlige
Are sharks invertebres?
Sharks are not invertebrates, they have a vertebrae. It is just made out of cartilage, as opposed to bone.
Are sharks different than whales?
YES! Sharks are fish and whales are mammals: they breathe air with lungs and nurse their young. Also Sharks only have bone in their jaw bone. The support for the rest of their body is cartilage.
What are fish skeletons made of - bone and cartiladge?
Sharks, rays and ratfish have cartilage but its not sharks. Boney fish (like their name suggests) have bone in the mix - but they still have a lot of cartilage.
