Shark with lowest-known metabolism is a sluggish success

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 22:30 in Biology & Nature

Laziness can help you succeed… if you’re a nurse shark. A new research paper 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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