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To: Paul R.

Tricky. Sharks are live-born.


15 posted on 09/28/2020 3:06:22 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: steve8714

Some of the largest sharks are harmless filter feeders: The Basking Shark, the Whale Shark and the Megamouth Sharks all feed on plankton.

A problem, however, might lie in sharks need for LOTS of space. No Great White, for example, has ever been successfully kept in captivity for over 200 days, and even that (198 days) was a small Great White @ 4 ft. long. The “tank” held nearly 1 million gallons of water and was almost 35 ft. deep.

This is partially due to sharks need to keep swimming to pass oxygenated water over their gills.

How much space a few adult breeders in the filter feeder category might need, I do not know. Ditto for juveniles (I assume) to be harvested.


31 posted on 09/28/2020 9:54:54 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Liberal / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling...)
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