Study: Shark with Lowest-Known Metabolism Is a Sluggish Success

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 17:52 in Biology & Nature

Laziness can help you succeed... if you're a nurse shark. A new research paper from Mote Marine Laboratory reveals that nurse sharks have the lowest metabolic rate measured in any shark -- new evidence of the sluggish lifestyle that has helped the species survive for millennia.

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