Esther

Esther club

Posted: 10 Sep 2013


Taken: 22 Sep 2012

3 favorites     4 comments    502 visits

1/25 f/4.0 24.0 mm ISO 1000

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rostrum
carpenter shark


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Sawfish - Sydney Aquarium

"The sawfish's most distinctive feature is the saw-like rostrum. The rostrum is covered with electrosensitive pores that allow the sawfish to detect slight movements of prey hiding in the muddy sea floor. The rostrum also serves as a digging tool to unearth buried crustaceans. Should suitable prey try to swim past, the normally lethargic sawfish springs from the bottom and slashes at it with its saw. This generally stuns or impales the prey sufficiently for the sawfish to devour it. Sawfish also defend themselves with their rostrum against intruding divers and predators such as sharks. The "teeth" protruding from the rostrum are not real teeth, but modified tooth-like structures called denticles."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawfish

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Comments
 Phill G
Phill G
That's BRILLIANT! Really a cool capture.
10 years ago.
 Philippe_28
Philippe_28
Une bien étrange créature
10 years ago.
 Stan Askew
Stan Askew club
excellent !!!
seen in Ipernity Masterpiece
10 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Thanks, Graham.
10 years ago.

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