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This is cartilage. Instead of having a skeleton of bone, it is cartilage. Sharks are considered cartilaganious fish. Sorry I don't know how to spell that. lol
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What are parts that found in the shark's brain?
One part. But if you count the inside parts and the outside parts there are about, 20-30 parts in the shark and outside of the shark total.
What is Georgias state fossil?
Georgia's state fossil is the shark tooth.Because when it was made a state the people found a lot of shark teeth 100 miles away from shore.
What is the function and Adaptation for lamprey?
it can attach itself to animals such as a shark and suck on its tissue and suck out its organs for food! sorry if its not the best answer but i tried.
Why is your nose flexible?
Just the bridge of your nose is bone (paired nasal bones). The tip of your nose is hyaline cartilage. The same stuff a shark's skeleton is made out of.
Might a shark be an animal that carts around cartilage?
Yes, sharks are indeed animals that have cartilage instead of bones. Their skeletons are made up entirely of cartilage, allowing them to be more flexible and lightweight compared to other animals with skeletons made of bone.
Which has the most flexible skeleton a shark a frog or a lionfish?
the shark has the most flexible skeleton
Do you shark have back bones?
fist off we are not shark's and shark's so not use internet. and for a matter of fact it's *shark's* because there is more then one shark in the oceans. and yes they do have back bones but Shark skeletons are very different from those of bony fish and land mammals. Sharks and other cartilaginous fish (skate and rays) have skeletons made of cartilage and connective tissue. Cartilage is flexible and durable, yet is about half the normal density of bone. This reduces the skeleton's weight, saving energy.Because sharks do not have rib cages, they can easily be crushed under their own weight on land.
Why is shark cartilage important to the shark?
cartilage is more flexible than bone making the shark more hydrodynamic.
Are shark jaws cartilage?
The skeleton of a shark is very different from that of bony fish and terrestrial vertebrates. Sharks and other cartilaginous fish (skates and rays) have skeletons made from cartilage, which is a flexible and dense connective tissue, but they are still considered bones. They function in the same way as human bones do. Like its relatives, rays and skates, the shark's jaw is not attached to the cranium. The jaw's surface, like its vertebrae and gill arches, is a skeletal element that needs extra support due to its heavier exposure to physical stress and its need for extra strength. It has therefore a layer of unique and tiny hexagonal plates called "tesserae", crystal blocks of calcium salts arranged as a mosaic.[6] This gives these areas much of the same strength found in real and much heavier bony tissue.
What makes a leopard shark special?
Because there very flexible.
What is the largest shark found in british coastal waters?
basking shark basking shark basking shark
Is the shark considered a bony fish in the animal kingdom?
yes because they have gills and they have Cartilaginous Skeleton. Instead, they have skeletons made of cartilage, a flexible and lighter tissue which is also consider that give sharks the speed underwater and the flexibility they need to be their ruthless predators they are.
What is the largest shark and where is it found?
hi, the whale shark. aaron.
How flexible are shark's pectoral fins compared with fish's pectoral fins?
jaws is a movie about the sharks
Does a great white shark have cartilage?
Yes because it replaces the bone and allows it to be more flexible
Why is it hard to find shark fossils?
It is hard to find shark fossils because sharks do not have bones, their bodies consist of tissue and cartilidge.
Which shark had the largest litter?
The blue shark. One blue shark was found with 135 pups!
