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Its #YeOldeAnimals Friday! Todays a 1790 Zebra Shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)!

Though the panel says tiger shark this is a zebra shark & its spot on! They change body pattern so dramatically as they grow into adulthood that babies & adults were thought to be diff species!

©Hughs

It's #MarinePokemonIRL! Today is Squirtle! 🐢💧

The OG water type starter! The smooth rounded shell looks like a Yellow Mud Turtle, but the sharp part of the mouth is more similar to an Common Snapping Turtle. Absolutely love Squirtle! :D

©Nintendo,TBrennan,DicksonCounty

It's #MarinePokemonIRL! Today is Kingler! 🦀

The body spines are similar to Red Spiny Crabs & claw sizes are like Fiddler Crabs! As you may have guessed, male fiddler crabs' big claws are for sexiness & little one is for eating. Kingler however is not sexually dimorphic!

It's #MarinePokemonIRL! Today is Krabby!

To me it looks similar to a small intertidal crab, the Lined Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)! Lined shore crabs also stick up their claws in the air just like Krabby when threatened!

©Nintendo,RonWolf

It's #MarinePokemonIRL! Today is Mega Sharpedo, a Sawfish!

The teeth on the side of the nose, or rostrum, are the giveaway! Sawfish use these to stun prey then consume them! The mouth looks more similar to a great white. Cool to see a niche shark represented!

©Bulbapedia,SFU

Welcome to #MarinePokemonIRL, taking Pokemon & looking at their accuracy to their IRL counterparts!

Mantyke is a baby manta ray & has 2 cephalofoils on its head! Manta rays have back patterns IRL (not smileys but curved!) Adorable!

©little-ampharos,KaitlynBra

It's #EtymologyMonday! Today is Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon)!

karcharos= sharp (greek)
oculus= eye (latin)
megas = mighty (greek)
odous= tooth (greek)

All together-> SHARP EYE MIGHTY TOOTH!

Seems fitting for this long extinct predatory shark!

©Kerem Beyit

Its #YeOldeAnimals Friday! Today is an 1760 Puffadder Shyshark (Haploblepharus edwardsii)!

Incredibly accurate drawing by the person its named after, George Edwards! I love that it shows that its an egg case laying animal & its yolk sac too, not just the adults!

©GEdwards

Did you know Goblin Shark jaws are faster than most cobra strikes?!

Goblin Sharks' (Mitsukurina owstoni) jaws can move at 10ft (3.1m) per second!! They are generally quite sluggish but can snap into action as an ambush predator. These are so fucking cool!

#ObscureSharkThursday

Its #YeOldeAnimals Friday! Today is an 1921 Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)!

Published in a Catalog of Australian Fishes, this is an incredibly accurate drawing. It effectively captures the protruding jaws & rostrum, huge tail, & unique body shape. Love this animal!

©EWaite