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The Secret Life of Sharks

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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The Evolution of Shark Teeth

Basking sharks eat plankton, so they don't typically need to have teeth. They're taken out of a dead basking shark that washed up on the beach. A good-sized Great White Shark could get through 30,000-plus teeth in its lifetime. Each individual tooth tells you so much about what that shark does.

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