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An earlier hypothesis that the striations would function as sockets for sharp needle teeth, as with the basking shark, was hereby refuted.
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They include the goblin shark, basking shark, megamouth shark, the thresher sharks, shortfin and longfin mako sharks, and great white shark.
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Possibilities include the frilled shark, basking shark, oarfish, giant squid, seiches, or whales.
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Though the basking shark is large and slow, it can breach, jumping entirely out of the water.
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While initial speculation suggested it might be a prehistoric plesiosaur, analysis later indicated that the body was the carcass of a basking shark.
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Marine life includes the basking shark which have been known to enter the harbour.
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There's no doubt it was a basking shark.
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The teeth of plankton-feeders such as the basking shark are greatly reduced and non-functional.
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That is not enough to qualify as the longest fish, however, as some of the cartilaginous fish such as the basking shark and whale shark are even longer.
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The bay was formerly the site of a basking shark fishery.
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