. Dwellers of the sea and shore . BASKING SHARK. ing its terrifying size and forbidding aspect, it is quite innocuous. As a matter of fact, the creature is of a very timid disposition, and will readily retreat if ap- proached too closely. What is the reason for this remarkable behavior? The answer lies in its teeth. For a shark, they are amazingly small, and it is very probable that they serve no purpose whatever. The fish and other creatures it lives on are diminutive in size, and are such as would cause a regular man-eater shark to turn up its snout, so to speak. As large as is the mouth of
. Dwellers of the sea and shore . BASKING SHARK. ing its terrifying size and forbidding aspect, it is quite innocuous. As a matter of fact, the creature is of a very timid disposition, and will readily retreat if ap- proached too closely. What is the reason for this remarkable behavior? The answer lies in its teeth. For a shark, they are amazingly small, and it is very probable that they serve no purpose whatever. The fish and other creatures it lives on are diminutive in size, and are such as would cause a regular man-eater shark to turn up its snout, so to speak. As large as is the mouth of this animal.
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