Fish shark sex

In the northeastern Pacific, the sharks appear to have specific breeding grounds, such as Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico, but it's unknown if other white shark populations use this mating strategy, said Michael Domeier of the Marine Conservation Science Institute. Shark sex is extremely rough. Continued on next page. Researchers haven't seen this one performed in the wild yet, so there's no telling how common of practice it may be for sharks. To deal with the brutal copulation, female sharks have evolved to be larger than the males. Rocha hypothesizes that this evolved so that a female shark could either produce in the absence of males, or when conditions are better for reproduction, like when they have access to more more food, or have better survival chances. It is likely that this is used as a last-resort tactic for female sharks that are unable to find a mate.

It has an elongated body with pointed snout and forked tail. They did give me a nice write-up in their newsletter though. Antique, Philippines Mar 14, Location: