Bonnethead Shark
- In a first, scientists have discovered an omnivorous shark species which feeds on seagrass for 60 per cent of its food requirements.
- Bonnethead sharks eat seagrass along with snails, crabs, bony fish and shrimp.
- Seagrass is a marine, flowering plant and often creates meadows on seabeds in some coastal waters.
- The bonnethead shark is found commonly in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Western Atlantic ocean
- These omnivorous sharks are not as large as per shark standards; but adult females which are larger than the males can grow to a length of five feet
- Bonnethead sharks lack the kind of teeth ....
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