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== Body Design == | == Body Design == | ||
[[File:Basking_body.jpeg|thumb|150px|left|Basking Shark shape]] | [[File:Basking_body.jpeg|thumb|150px|left|Basking Shark shape]] | ||
The Basking shark is a large and slow moving fish. 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 is a large and slow moving fish. 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 first one is their | The basking shark has four distinct characteristics. The first one is their head is almost completely circled with large gill slits. The second thing that makes them unique is their snout (nose) is large and conical. The this thing they are remembered for is their subterminal mouth with has many small hooked [[teeth]]. 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/>. | ||
== Life Cycle == | == Life Cycle == | ||
