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[[File:Basking_body.jpeg|thumb|150px|left|Basking Shark shape]] | [[File:Basking_body.jpeg|thumb|150px|left|Basking Shark shape]] | ||
The Basking shark is slow moving and has known as the second largest fish <ref name=fmonh/>. They will grow to be as long as | The Basking shark is slow moving and has known as the second largest fish <ref name=fmonh/>. They will grow to be as long as fifty feet and can with in at over 5 tons. <ref name=fmonh/>. Basking sharks are very large and hard extremely rough skin on them <ref name=fmonh/>. The basking shark has four distinct characteristics. | ||
The first one is their heads are almost completely circled with large gill slits <ref name=fmonh/>. The second thing that makes them unique is their snout (nose) is large and conical <ref name=fmonh/>. The this thing they are remembered for is their subterminal mouth with has many small hooked teeth <ref name=fmonh/>. The fourth and final thing that is extra unique to the basking shark is their Caudal fin lunate and the fact it only has a single keel on the caudal peduncle <ref name=fmonh/>. | The first one is their heads are almost completely circled with large gill slits <ref name=fmonh/>. The second thing that makes them unique is their snout (nose) is large and conical <ref name=fmonh/>. The this thing they are remembered for is their subterminal mouth with has many small hooked teeth <ref name=fmonh/>. The fourth and final thing that is extra unique to the basking shark is their Caudal fin lunate and the fact it only has a single keel on the caudal peduncle <ref name=fmonh/>. | ||
