Posted on 03/27/2013 5:16:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Rare discovery made off Florida coast, scientists say bull shark first of its kind
Sharktopus and Dinoshark may be the products of Hollywood, but a two-headed bull shark found in the Gulf of Mexico is all too real, according to scientists with Florida Keys Community College and Michigan State Community College.
The scientists have confirmed that the shark, discovered in April 2011, is the first of its kind and is a single shark with two heads and not conjoined twins.
"This is certainly one of those interesting and rarely detected phenomena," MSU assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife Michael Wagner said in a statement from the school Monday. "It’s good that we have this documented as part of the world’s natural history, but we’d certainly have to find many more before we could draw any conclusions about what caused this."
The shark was found by a fisherman when he opened the uterus of an adult shark. It died shortly thereafter and was brought to the marine science department at FKCC, where it was then transported to Michigan State.
Wagner and his team discovered two distinct heads, hearts and stomachs, with the rest of the body joining together in the back to form a single tail.
Creatures found with abnormalities like this usually die shortly after birth, and the two-headed bull shark had little, if any, chance to survive in the wild, Wagner said.
Other species, including blue sharks and tope sharks, have been born with two heads, as well as lizards and snakes, Wagner said.
Yep, twin, and it takes them four paragraphs to say it’s a fetal shark, doomed at birth - not swimming around on its own.
Yup that’s the place...I’ll be damned. I have been here since 95 and this is news to me. And I worked at the area Paper for years besides.
Honestly I never read or heard about this. And if I did I am not remembering it. But obviously it did indeed happen.
Lol.
You know, the fun part is going back to Las Vegas now and comparing the game map to the actual terrain and landmarks.
Yup! Glad to know I’m not alone thinking that ;)
I’m sharked, sharked, I tell you...
It’s right there in your picture! Can’t you see it? ;)
What would be Novac is another plot of dirt and rock. If you had to get technical, there is a historical marker at the 95 intersection that could arguably be called “Novac” with a LOT of imagination... But that’s all there is there. No houses, battle cattle etc.
DONT YOU LAUGH AT ME!!!
I KNOW A SPELL THAT WILL MAKE YOU SHOW YOUR TRUE FORM!
Cave rat teach it to you?
Thanks BTW... I just picked up a music program that I have been putting off since Christmas. And now all I want to do is open a 2 liter Pepsi and settle in for a few hours of New Vegas.....For the 5th time....
Thanks a bunch.....
“Novac? Nice enough place, I guess, but just between you and me, when I rolled into town, my skin started to itch. Watch yourself” - Victor
He would wander off somewhere and I couldn't find him!
(before New Vegas I never played any fallout game before, so i was messing with all the features and still figuring out everything I could do)
Lol and Behold, I think he went back to shed that I found later When I was almost done with the game!!!
ugh
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