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Published: 2019-09-24 08:28:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 1709; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 6
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Description Orectolobidae. Deepwater Wobbegong relative, which has many tassels on its face which act as sensory whiskers to find prey.
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Comments: 9

SaucyLobster [2019-10-08 16:05:17 +0000 UTC]

Could see this guy as a troglobitic species too, something about those sensory barbels

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Boverisuchus In reply to SaucyLobster [2019-10-09 04:02:41 +0000 UTC]

I agree.

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BookSeven [2019-09-24 20:35:03 +0000 UTC]

Common name: Burnside's Shark

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Libra1010 [2019-09-24 12:33:48 +0000 UTC]

 Oddly this makes me think more of mammals than a shark - perhaps it's the 'hairy' look of those tassels?

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Boverisuchus In reply to Libra1010 [2019-09-25 07:53:40 +0000 UTC]

My inspiration was mainly catfish.

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Libra1010 In reply to Boverisuchus [2019-09-25 12:13:10 +0000 UTC]

 Goodness me, that makes one wonder where this particular shark's ancestors have been tomcatting about ... 

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Veratai [2019-09-24 08:55:47 +0000 UTC]

 this many whiskers either look like a beard, or like cthulhu xD i'll let you pick one

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Boverisuchus In reply to Veratai [2019-09-25 07:53:48 +0000 UTC]

both!

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Veratai In reply to Boverisuchus [2019-09-25 08:34:30 +0000 UTC]

-b

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