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  2. Nurse shark - Wikipedia

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    The nurse shark genus Ginglymostoma is derived from Greek language meaning hinged mouth, whereas the species cirratum is derived from Latin meaning having curled ringlets. . Based on morphological similarities, Ginglymostoma is believed to be the sister genus of Nebrius, with both being placed in a clade that also include species Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum, Rhincodon typus, and ...

  3. Mairzy Doats - Wikipedia

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    [6] (Cows eat wheat and sows eat wheat and little sharks eat oysters.) Drake joined Hoffman and Livingston to come up with a tune for the new version of the rhyme, but for a year no one was willing to publish a "silly song". Finally, Hoffman pitched it to his friend Al Trace, bandleader of the Silly Symphonists. Trace liked the song and ...

  4. Ginglymostomatidae - Wikipedia

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    The largest species, called simply the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum, may reach a length of 4.3 m (14 ft); the tawny nurse shark Nebrius ferrugineus is somewhat smaller at 3.2 m (10 ft), and the short-tail nurse shark Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum is by far the smallest at just 75 cm (2.46 ft) in length.

  5. When That Evening Sun Goes Down - Wikipedia

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    When That Evening Sun Goes Down or When the Evening Sun Goes Down may refer to: "When That Evening Sun Goes Down", a song by Van Morrison on the 1971 album Tupelo Honey "When the Evening Sun Goes Down", a song by Half Man Half Biscuit on the 2002 album Cammell Laird Social Club

  6. Tawny nurse shark - Wikipedia

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    The tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus) is a species of carpet shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae, and the only extant member of the genus Nebrius.. It is found widely along coastlines in the Indo-Pacific, preferring reefs, sandy flats, and seagrass beds from very shallow water to a depth of 70 m (230 ft).

  7. Drum line (shark control) - Wikipedia

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    In the first 11 months of 2013, 633 sharks were captured in Queensland — more than 95% of those sharks died. [42] From 2013 to 2014, 667 sharks died in Queensland's "shark control" program, including great white sharks and critically endangered grey nurse sharks. [35] From 2014 to 2015, 621 sharks died in Queensland. [43]

  8. Pacific nurse shark - Wikipedia

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    Sharks portal; Ginglymostoma unami, also known as the Pacific nurse shark is a nurse shark of the family Ginglymostomatidae. It is found in southeastern coast of Baja California, Mexico to Costa Rica including Gulf of California. It is 2.8 meters long.

  9. Port Jackson shark - Wikipedia

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    The Port Jackson shark is a nocturnal species which peaks in activity during the late evening hours before midnight and decreases in activity before sunrise. [2] A study showed that captive and wild individuals displayed similar movement patterns and the sharks' movements were affected by time of day, sex, and sex-specific migrational behaviour.