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Any living creature of the Kingdom Animalia constituting multi-celled organisms as well as single-celled organisms lacking chlorophyll and having the ability for spontaneous movement, such as protozoans.

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oceanic whitetip shark

Animals; Sharks

Is a large, thick-bodied, slow-moving shark with very large, paddle-shaped pectoral fins and white tips on its pectoral, and dorsal fins and tail. It is not closely related to the ...

pacific porbeagle

Animals; Sharks

Also known as the salmon shark. Is found in the Bering Sea and off western North America. It lives from the surface down to moderate depths. The skin is dusky gray above and ...

longfin mako shark

Animals; Sharks

This shark is very similar to the shortfin mako, but has longer pectoral fins and a blunter snout. It is also less-common shark than the shortfin mako. Longfin makos reproduce via ...

cookiecutter shark

Animals; Sharks

This shark is also called the cigar shark and luminous shark. It is a large-eyed predator that lives in deep tropical ocean waters worldwide, at depths of about 3500 m. This shark ...

lesser sixgill shark

Animals; Sharks

This shark (known as the calf shark and the bigeye sixgill shark) lives in warm temperate seas, usually living on the bottom. It averages about 6 feet (1.8m) long. The skin ranges ...

hybrid shark

Animals; Sharks

A shark with parents from two different species of sharks, having its genetic structure from one species while looking physically like another. Hybrid sharks may be the result of ...

grey reef shark

Animals; Sharks

A species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae. One of the most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific, it is found as far east as Easter Island and as far west as South ...

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