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AlainBeneteau — Hexanchus griseus
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The scratches on the body are a nice touch. I never thought to add them on my shark images.
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Sweet Sixgill! I used to work face to face with Sevengills on a daily basis. Big ol' prehistoric Cadillacs. Fantastic drawing here.
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Merci!
You're lucky to have seen this fantastic shark.
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Very nice work.
I saw a documentary on these a few days ago, where they went down in a mini-sub to find the sixgills. The sharks kept banging against the sides and the windows of the sub!
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Neat. I recall seeing footage of this shark on Blue Planet some years ago, feasting on a whale carcass in the deep ocean.
I gotta watch that again. I adore David Attenborough and his narration. Which reminds me; I was quite perturbed that they replaced his narration of Planet Earth with Sigourney Weaver's for the NA release. Nothing against her, but David is much better at naturalism commentary.
Lovely work. Was this personal or will it appear in print somewhere?
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it's one of hundred artworks to be published in a shark evolution book.
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There's a dorsal fin, but close to the tail.
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It's just that most sharks I've seen have the dorsal fin and a second fin somewhere between it and the tail fin. Are they both called dorsal fins?
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Generally called the first and second dorsal fin. This of course only applies to non-hexanchiform shars, all therein lack a second dorsal fin.
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I looked it up and apparently they are both called dorsal fins. O.o
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Yes, sharks are often smiling, the great white is famous for that.
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But I would definitely not want his evil smile to close around any of my limbs in any way shape or form
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