• lunarul@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    They’re both part of the Hexanchiformes order, which are seven gill sharks. So the cow shark article is wrong, there are two surviving families with more than five gills.

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      5 months ago

      Thank you, I typically default to assuming I don’t understand or I’m confused when reading up things outside of my wheelhouse. I enjoyed reading up on the sharks you shared! I was trying to decide which one I would want to be if I could decide while laying in bed this morning. Felt silly but fuck it, I’m old, it’s nice to dream.

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        5 months ago

        I hope you picked Goblin shark. You get to be “ugly” and don’t give a fuck and outlive your enemies lives anyways.