PLANET SHARK
PLANET SHARKS has purchased numerous large jaws from us for display at their location in New Zealand.  Here's a photo of some of our shark jaws in New Zealand: www.wildfilm.tv www.oceanzoo.tv www.planetshark.org Now they're adding to their location at the Atlanta Aquarium (Georgia) and are purchasing more for educational purposes there.
These are the SHARK JAWS that we SOLD to PLANET SHARK for the Atlanta Aquarium
Hemipristis Shark 11" wide x est. 7" tall	Dusky Shark 19-1/2" wide x 12" tall	Goblin Shark  Measures 14-3/8" wide x 12-5/8" tall; 1-1/4" primary teeth	Goblin Shark  Measures 14-7/8" wide x 13-3/4" tall
Great Hammerhead Shark   17" wide x 11" tall; 5/8" teeth	Shortfin Mako Shark 20" wide x 11-3/4" tall, broken tooth in front	Oceanic White Tip Shark From Australian waters, caught near Sydney Australia in 1992, from a 6' shark	Tiger Shark 25" wide x 16-1/4" tall, 1-1/8" primary teeth
Sand Tiger Shark  Measures 14-1/4" wide x 12" tall, from an 8.5' shark caught near Bunbury, Western Australia on 12/2/95.  HUGE TEETH: principal teeth 1-3/4".

OTHER SHARK JAWS DISPLAY ONLY
HOLY COW!  This is the jaw from a BROADNOSE SEVEN GILL (or COW SHARK) (Notorynchus cepedianus)  See the tooth "sets" it has?  Also a good closeup of the rows of teeth typical in sharks, ready to move into place when a tooth is lost.	Zebra shark jaw  (Stegostoma fasciatum) Great tiny rows of perfect teeth.	RARE!!  Modern HEMIPRISTIS (Snaggle tooth; Hemipristis elongatus) shark jaw - this shark was thought to be extinct till recently.  Heidi's favorite.	Nurse shark jaw (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
PORT JACKSON SHARK JAW (Australia) Weird "teeth" made for crunching coral like candy, this jaw is 5" tall x 4" wide   Pucker up!  This jaw is from the PORT JACKSON SHARK (Heterodontus portusjacksoni), from Australian waters.  Great crushing power in these jaws, though it's just a medium sized jaw.  The third view is from the inside looking out.  Way cool!

 

WEIRD SHARK PHOTO GALLERY
The goblin (or elfin) shark (Scapanorhynchus, also known as Mitsukurina owstoni) is truly a living fossil!  Thought to be extinct for 90 million years, it was rediscovered in 1898.  This has won our UGLIEST SHARK CONTEST, hands down, don't you think?	These sand tiger sharks photographed on the Aliwal Shoal off the coast of Africa are an orthodontist's nightmare!  They can't even close their mouths if they wanted to!  You can see why they're also called "Raggies", short for spotted ragged-tooth shark.  Whatta mug!		This tiger shark jaw is HUGE - this is at the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in Myrtle Beach - there is no measurement on the sign - but I'm glad there's no shark attached to it anymore!
The Cookie Cutter Shark (Isistius brasiliensis) wins the prize for the most MOXIE.  This gutsy shark is one of the smallest in the shark world, yet he takes cookie-cutter looking plugs of flesh from giant whales (second photo) and have even left similar marks on SUBMARINES!  Not to mention serious damage to fiber optic cables laid on the sea floor - YUM!   Last photo of teeth, compliments of Joanne Panek-Dubrock from the North Carolina Fossil Club, exhibiting at the Aurora Fossil Festival, N.C. at the Aurora Fossil Museum He's a close relative of the KITEFIN SHARK (look above), great cutters he's got there!
This is an abnormally long tail (5 feet high) of a Thresher Shark caught by Zane Grey, reported by his son Loren Grey in the book "Shark - The Killer of the Deep" that I thought was quite interesting.  He described the shark as having bulbous eyes on top of its head that rotated like an iguana's eyes so it could see its own tail, and had been seen beating a small whale to death with its tail while biting it at the same time.
PRICKLY SHARK	FRILLED SHARK	BASKING SHARK	GHOST SHARK (looks like it has a moustache!
This Megamouth Shark (Megachasma pelagios) is only one of two specimens ever found, one off Hawaii and one off California.  The teeth are very small and needle-like.  It feeds on plankton.  This shark won the BIG MOUTH contest.  Then in November 2002 I got this photo of a megamouth tooth, which is quite rare .. (Above) Picture of a megamouth tooth found here on the East coast, photo taken at a fossil show here in Myrtle Beach, 2002. (Below) more great photos from another source:
Bowmouth guitarfish, mud skate, or shark ray (Rhina ancylostoma), and the sole member of the family Rhinidae

 

OTHER WEIRD MARINE CRITTERS !!
BLACK DRAGONFISH	BLOB FISH	CHIMAERA FISH	CHIMAERA PUP
OREO DORY	FANGTOOTH	FIREFLY SQUID	LIZARD FISH
VIPER FISH

 

WEIRD SHARKS at the  Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado
Cretoxyrhina shark jaw, associated vertebrae & teeth.   This shark was nicknamed the "Ginsu shark" after the kitchen knife that "slices & dices", it was such a large (up to 25' long) & fearsome predator shark.  Serrated teeth measured up to 2" long.
Associated vertebrae of the Squalicorax shark, another Extinct Cretaceous age shark	Helicoprion shark with the strangest curled bottom jaw you've ever seen (See Sharks page 15 for more photos of this)	Shark coprolite (poop!)  Even SHARK PUKE:

 

Vintage shark drawings are awesome, thanks to the sharing of the Biodiversity Heritage Library.  Also see the link at the bottom of that page, to view the entire online Biodiversity library of all animals.   http://animals.io9.com/vintage-shark-illustrations-are-jaw-droppingly-gorgeous-1627632883

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