Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The very small but remarkable cookie-cutter shark also known as a cigar shark can cause strife to even the largest of marine creatures. They have also been known to attack and damage submarines.Although a bite is not fatal a gouge wound the size of a chicken egg is not pleasant
experience!
Chapters:
00:00 Size and habits
00:17 Seeking out prey
00:47 Attack wounds
1:16 Damaged Submarines and habitat
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Elephant seal cookiecutter shark bites by Jerry Kirkhart.
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Scars from cookie-cutter shark bites on Gray's beaked whale by Avenue.
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Isistius brasiliensis distmap by Chris_huh.
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Isistius brasiliensis front view by NOAA Photo Library.
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) (32749142772) by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE.
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White Marlin in North Carolina 1394318584 by dominic sherony.
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School of tuna (8427451274) by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters.
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Monster Giant Squid by Lan Anh Nguyễn.
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The very small but remarkable cookie-cutter shark also known as a cigar shark can cause strife to even the largest of marine creatures. They have also been known to attack and damage submarines.Although a bite is not fatal a gouge wound the size of a chicken egg is not pleasant
experience!
Chapters:
00:00 Size and habits
00:17 Seeking out prey
00:47 Attack wounds
1:16 Damaged Submarines and habitat
Credits and attributions:
Thumbnail image:
Modified from HMS Ambush - Flickr - Defence Images by Defence Images from London, United Kingdom.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.enhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Ambush_-_Flickr_-_Defence_Images.jpg
Elephant seal cookiecutter shark bites by Jerry Kirkhart.
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Scars from cookie-cutter shark bites on Gray's beaked whale by Avenue.
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Isistius brasiliensis distmap by Chris_huh.
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Isistius brasiliensis front view by NOAA Photo Library.
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) (32749142772) by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE.
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White Marlin in North Carolina 1394318584 by dominic sherony.
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School of tuna (8427451274) by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters.
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Monster Giant Squid by Lan Anh Nguyễn.
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