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The Secret Life of Sharks

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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The Gruesome Barnacle That Eats Sharks

There is a type of barnacle that eats sharks. Scientists discovered this on a deep sea species of shark called the velvet belly lantern shark, and they found them with barnacles buried in their head. It's like something out of a horror film. And a couple of weeks ago, my favourite scientific paper that's probably ever come out was scientists that were studying Greenland sharks,. They found one of these sharky in barnacles in its anus. So, not only do you have to live for 500 years, but you also have to put up with something like that in your bubble. I can't stop thinking about it? That was this for me.

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