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  2. Thresher shark - Wikipedia

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    When hunting schooling fish, thresher sharks are known to "whip" the water. [15] The elongated tail is used to swat smaller fish, stunning them before feeding. [ 17 ] Thresher sharks are one of the few shark species known to jump fully out of the water, using their elongated tail to propel them out of the water, making turns like dolphins ...

  3. File:Thresher-Sharks-Use-Tail-Slaps-as-a-Hunting-Strategy ...

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    Thresher-Sharks-Use-Tail-Slaps-as-a-Hunting-Strategy-pone.0067380.s003.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 5.1 s, 480 × 272 pixels, 272 kbps overall, file size: 168 KB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .

  4. Bigeye thresher - Wikipedia

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    The bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus) is a species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. Like the other thresher sharks, nearly half its total length consists of the elongated upper lobe of the tail fin .

  5. Video shows long-tailed shark struggling to get back into the ...

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    A video shows a huge and vulnerable thresher shark washing up on a beach in Queens, New York, on Monday afternoon. Witness Zoe Berger took the 32-second video of the fish on the sand struggling to ...

  6. Common thresher - Wikipedia

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    The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), also known as Atlantic thresher, is the largest species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae, reaching some 6 m (20 ft) in length. About half of its length consists of the elongated upper lobe of its caudal fin .

  7. Orcas in the Gulf of California appear to have gained special skills to hunt and kill the world’s largest fish, according to a new study.. Whale sharks, which grow up to 18m long, are known to ...

  8. Hunting strategy - Wikipedia

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    Hunting strategy or hunting method is any specific techniques or tactics that are used to target, pursue, and hunt an animal. The term mostly applies to humans catching and killing wild animals , but can also be used in ethology and nature documentaries to describe predation strategies adopted by carnivores .

  9. Thresher shark seen jumping out of the water in Nova Scotia - AOL

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