Leopard shark. Punkass elasmobranch. Traveler. Follow for fisheries shitposts and lots of ๐.
Mind your fishhooks ๐ช ๐ฆ
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๐ฆ: leopardshark
Welcome Rete, the leopard shark ๐ฆ
His name is in reference to โrete mirabile,โ Latin meaning โwonderful net.โ The retention of heat is possible due to an arrangement of highly branched blood vessels. Read up on this interesting biology here: https://t.co/tBrLiE7QdZ