Why doesn't it just swim like a normal fish? It is so slow.
[QUOTE=ladiida;42028644]Why doesn't it just swim like a normal fish? It is so slow.[/QUOTE]
Evolution's taken some weird turns over the past few millennia
[QUOTE=ladiida;42028644]Why doesn't it just swim like a normal fish? It is so slow.[/QUOTE]
swimming in and around tight pieces of coral reefs sounds like it'd be troublesome for something its size, so it just takes to landing and pushing around as it pleases. When it WAS swimming at the end, you could see it was brushing its fins along the sand, probably feeling around for edibles like small crabs or whatever
[QUOTE=ladiida;42028644]Why doesn't it just swim like a normal fish? It is so slow.[/QUOTE]
There's nowhere it really needs to swim to. Though it's a good ability to have to run away from predators or find new feeding grounds. It roams around looking for bottom dwelling crustaceans to eat. It's basically a real life version of that [I]Gashunk gashunk[/I] comic above if you happen to be a small crab living in a cave. [I]Normal[/I] bamboo sharks just kinda lay there all day anyway.
A lot of sharks are seriously easy going.
[editline]31st August 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=daijitsu;42028746]swimming in and around tight pieces of coral reefs sounds like it'd be troublesome for something its size, so it just takes to landing and pushing around as it pleases. When it WAS swimming at the end, you could see it was brushing its fins along the sand, probably feeling around for edibles like small crabs or whatever[/QUOTE]
Sharks can detect prey through electroreception with an organ system called the Ampullae of Lorenzini (and lateral line along their sides) on the tip of their nose. Sharks that eat crustaceans and things that like to scurry into the sediment when danger comes will "scan" along the bottom searching for edibles.
You can't hide from a shark. It knows you're under there.
[QUOTE=bubbagamer;42026679]tastes like chicken[/QUOTE]The Law of Chicken: Until proved otherwise, it tastes like chicken.
Has science gone too far?
They're evolving, soon they're gonna be walking on land, and then they'll have to fight for shark rights.
[QUOTE=OvB;42027726]Given the title I was waiting for the shark to take a bite at the boat but it never did. It's just curiously inspecting the boat. Sharks are very curious and like to inspect things. Though beach goers don't generally like to be inspected by sharks.
This is what a shark on the hunt looks like: [url]http://www.abc-7.com/story/23300146/caught-on-cam-shark-grabs-some-lunch#.UiFjNj-912o[/url] (Hammerhead vs. ray)[/QUOTE]
They also like to taste things.
I wonder if this could be a step of how first land creatures evolved? Starting crawling around on the bottom of the ocean like this before evolving basic legs and moving closer and closer to shore?
That looks awesome.
I want it.
looks more like a waddle
[QUOTE=Buck.;42031230]I wonder if this could be a step of how first land creatures evolved? Starting crawling around on the bottom of the ocean like this before evolving basic legs and moving closer and closer to shore?[/QUOTE]
No, not really. What probably happened was something like Mudpuppies coming along and life just worked from there.
i wanna pet that thing
[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;42031754]No, not really. What probably happened was something like Mudpuppies coming along and life just worked from there.[/QUOTE]
But surely, you still need a step in between an animal with fins, and an animal with legs like mudpuppy. If a fish started crawling around the bottom of the ocean like that shark, then the next evolutionary step would be something similar to the mudpuppy. Its not like its going to grow legs first and then start crawling around the ocean floor.
[QUOTE=007JamesBond007;42027783][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/brgrGzt.jpg[/img_thumb]
I got excited :([/QUOTE]
You must have a monster of a monitor, that image is huge :v:
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