Whale sharks found to have tiny teeth around their eyes
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 09:21
in Biology & Nature
A team of researchers working at Japan's Okinawa Churashima Research Center has found that whale sharks have thousands of dermal denticles (tiny teeth) in the skin surrounding their eyeballs. In their paper posted on the open access site PLOS ONE, the group describes their study of the teeth and suggest possible functions.