This Shark Has Two Heads

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

Two-Headed Shark Courtesy of Patrick Rice, Shark Defense/Florida Keys Community CollegeLook at this shark, it has more heads than sharks normally have (they usually have one head). This is a shark fetus, with two heads. Sharks, according to Michael Wagner, MSU assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife, who confirmed the discovery, usually have only one head (I'm paraphrasing). This is a bull shark fetus, a very common shark found throughout the warmer waters of the world. Bull sharks are among the most aggressive sharks on the planet; they can survive in brackish (part-freshwater) environments, were probably the inspiration for the movie Jaws, and apparently once mauled a horse in Australia. Which is to say, if you had to pick one shark species that'd be the scariest if it had two heads, it'd probably be a bull shark. I am not sure what kind of shark was the basis for the...

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