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cartlige
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cartilage??
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Do tiger sharks have bones?
No, no shark has bone, all sharks have cartilage instead.
What order are sharks in?
Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish(have cartililage instead of bone
Are whale sharks vertebrates?
Whale sharks are vertebrates, but they have cartilage instead of bone. it depends and yes they are because they are a type of fish and fishes are vertebrates
Which fish does not have bones?
Most fish have bones. Sharks and rays do not have bones but they do have bone-like structures that are made from cartilage.
Do great white sharks have backbones?
Sharks are vertebrates (they belong to the phylum Cordata), so they have a spinal chord. However they are also cartilaginous fishes (they belong the the class Chondrichthyes) meaning that their skeleton is made of cartilage instead of bone. They do have a cartilage sheath that surrounds their spinal chord which could be considered a spine. There could be a semantic debate over whether that constitutes a spine, but I for one think it does.
Do sharks have bone marrow?
Sharks don't have bones.
Who are sharks relatives?
The closest relatives to sharks would be rays and skates. They make up a group known as Chondrichthyans, meaning they are characterized by having skeletons made up of cartilage instead of bone.
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.
Fish with skeletons not made of bone?
These are generally called "cartilaginous fish." Their skeleton is made of cartilage (that firm but wiggly structure inside your earlobe and nose) instead of bone. Examples include sharks and sting rays.
