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Cookiecutter shark
Isistius brasiliensis
Specimen No. 19
Isistius brasiliensis
Deep and very strange
- The cookiecutter shark is named for the round plugs it gouges out of larger animals, as if with a cookie cutter. Wikipedia
- Its belly glows green, the strongest glow known in any shark. Wikipedia
- In the 1970s, several US Navy submarines had to return to base to repair cookiecutter bites. Wikipedia
- Cookiecutters are small: the longest recorded was 56 cm, a female. Wikipedia