Cow Shark Facts: the SIX-GILL Sharks 🦈 Animal Fact Files

A cow shark is also known as a six-gill shark or a seven-gill shark depending on how many gill slits they have. Learn more cow shark facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Family - Hexanchidae
Range: tropical and temperate oceans
Habitat: continental and insular shelves and slopes
Size: 40 inches to nearly 16.5 feet (100-500 cm)
Diet: other fish, cephalopods, crustaceans, etc
Threats: white sharks, killer whales, sea lions
Lifespan: 80 years estimated

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Cow Shark GILL SHARKS 0:00
Cow Shark APPEARANCE 0:54
Cow Shark DIET and BITE 1:48
Cow Shark HABITAT and THREATS 2:36
Cow Shark LIFE CYCLE 3:22
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Image and Video Credits:
biodiversitygr - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/30347810
Michael Bear - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/742307
Stewart Armstrong - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/3550520
Diver Jackie - https://vimeo.com/25334590 ; https://vimeo.com/64974147 ; https://vimeo.com/51419811 ; https://vimeo.com/70740657
John Sanders - https://vimeo.com/284873811

Research Credits:
https://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=159814#null
https://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishfamilydetails.cfm?famnameID=Carcharhinidae
http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/sixgill-shark.html
https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/thefishes/taxon/127
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/hexanchus-griseus
https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/familysummary.php?ID=5

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