1 reason sharks are successful predators is that large bulbs in their brains are used for this sense
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jeopardy/1607_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE BRAIN | 1 reason sharks are successful predators is that large bulbs in their brains are used for this sense | smell. right: Jeremy. Wrong: Value: $200.
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Structure and Function of the White Shark Brain  It turns out that the brains of at least some sharks are surprisingly large and complex. ... In truth, this includes only one part of the White Shark brain, the cerebrum. ... an adult, 16-foot (5-metre) White Shark is Y-shaped and  from scent-detecting bulbs ... As their study subject, Demski and Northcutt obtained the head from a...
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Great White Shark Facts Like Habitat, Size & Diet - Shark Sider  The Great White Shark is the most well known shark in the Ocean, but I bet ... This truly is an amazing creature and one of the most advanced predators in the animal kingdom. ... Oftentimes when one thinks of a Great White, their large mouths and ... Their sense of smell is so unbelievably acute, that they have the ability to...
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GREAT WHITE SHARKS: THEIR CHARACTERISTICS ...  According to Natural History magazine Its brain, swimming muscles, and gut maintain a ... They have unusually large olfactory bulbs in their nostrils that give them a more ... magazine that great white sharks operate from a hierarchy of senses. .... But since white sharks are such powerful, heavily armed predators, physical...
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Great White Shark | Smithsonian Ocean Portal  Their ancestry dates back more than 400 million years, and they are one of evolution's ... As the top predators in the ocean, great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) ... brain that coordinates all the highly-developed senses of this efficient hunter. Its ... Unlike typical fish, sharks do not produce large amounts of small eggs.
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Evolution of eye development in the darkness of caves: adaptation ...  Sep 30, 2013 ... Animals inhabiting the darkness of caves are generally blind and .... We currently know about 150 fish species worldwide that have evolved to live in cave habitats [6]. ... They have also found that cavefish lens apoptosis is an indirect .... for the formation of the optic vesicles and for the so-called subduction...
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EEK! - Alien Profile: Sea Lamprey  Large fish will most likely survive a lamprey attack with just a circular scar left on their side. ... These lampreys live in balance with their natural food chain and don't ... Evidence: Lampreys attach themselves to other fish and suck on their blood...
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Shark Crossword Puzzle  The family of sharks most responsible for "shark attacks" named after a hymn or ... Shark skin is very rough, and was once used for sandpaper ... Some sharks eat bottom-dwelling animals such as crabs, and others scavenge for dead ... As predators, they conserve energy by eating the slow, weak or sick fish in a school.
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Web Business News  You can also spend a bit more than you have, and if you make sure to put the money back ... Some algae varieties are very competitive, expanding over the coral colonies' ... The piscivores, fish eating other fish, are a distinctive class of secondary consumers. ... It gives you all the health benefits of an adjustable bed as well.
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Types of Shark Fossils: Parts of Sharks that fossilize: Fossilguy.com  Because sharks are made of cartilage and not bone, it is a common misconception ... If a shark has 40 or 50 teeth in its front dentition, and that dentition is ... Cutting teeth are usually triangular in shape and have serrations, like a steak knife, ... of vertebra) are the densest part of the shark skeleton and sometimes fossilize.
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Shark tooth - Wikipedia  A shark tooth is one of the numerous teeth of a shark. A shark tooth contains resistant calcium ... The type of tooth that a shark has depends on its diet and feeding habits. ... those that have pointed lower teeth for gripping and triangular upper teeth with ... [1] These sharks filter feed on prey by opening their mouths to let tiny...
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Sixth Senses | Answers in Genesis  Jan 1, 2013 ... These bonus senses help these creatures survive and thrive in their habitats. ... Bats rely on complex echolocation to maneuver in the dark. ... Otherwise, their highly sensitive ears would go deaf whenever they made their loud, ... Another possibility is that pit vipers used their pit organs to find warm resting...
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Shark - Wikipedia  Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on ... Many shark populations are threatened by human activities. .... Sharks and other cartilaginous fish (skates and rays) have skeletons made of cartilage ... Unlike bony fish, sharks do not have gas-filled swim bladders for buoyancy.
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Shark Savers :: Shark Biology Primer  Millions of these denticles cover the shark, making its skin feel rough to the touch. ... Most species of sharks have five pairs of gill slits on each side of their head, but ... A simple way to distinguish a shark from a skate or ray is the position of the gill ... a fine network of capillaries where cold oxygen-rich blood runs right next to,...
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white shark - Encyclopedia.com  white shark, large, ferocious shark, Carcharodon carcharias. ... study has suggested that some individuals may live for 70 years or longer. The white shark feeds on large fish and other animals; a 100-lb (45-kg) sea ... The shark's serrated, triangular teeth were used as arrowheads by Native Americans of the Florida coast.
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Shark The Shark is one of the most feared sea animals. Scientists ...  Unlike most species of sharks, the nurse shark can pump water over its gills. Therefore, it does not have to swim constantly and often lies motionless on the sea...
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Shark - Wikipedia  Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. .... These sharks attained gigantic proportions and include the extinct .... Unlike other fish, shark gill slits are not covered, but lie in a row behind the head.
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Shark & Ray Myths - American Museum of Natural History  Myth 1: Sharks Must Swim Constantly or They Die! ... Myth 3: All Rays Have Poisonous Stingers! Myth 4: All Sharks are Like the Great White! Myth 5: Sharks Can Detect a Single Drop of Blood in the Ocean! ... Nurse shark in warm. ... sharks must swim constantly in order to keep oxygen-rich water flowing over their gills, but...
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Species at Risk - The Threatened Whale Shark  Those countries that participate actively in the shark fin trade do not recognize the ... Whale sharks are hunted for the oil from their livers, which is used to ... and an elongated body ending in a caudal fin that can be 5 feet tall in an adult animal.
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8 of Nature's Thirstiest Bloodsuckers  National Geographic Society ...  Oct 30, 2013 ... "Your article was fascinating ... but it did not tell the whole story," writes the 39th ... Why Do Octopuses Remind Us So Much of Ourselves? .... other mouthparts that play a role in piercing, gripping, and sucking blood from its victim. ... Lampreys are jawless fish but have plenty of razor-sharp teeth enclosed in a...
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The Shark's Electric Sense - Faculty Bennington College  Look out! Melanie shouted. We both recoiled instinctively, but we were in ... electric fields such as those animal cells produce when in ... the final phase of an attack. ... electric fields helps sharks zero in on prey. SENSE. By R. Douglas Fields ... concentrated around a shark's mouth and found ... by a 1.5-volt AA battery.