(from NOAA)
The Freakiest Shark for 2021 is the Cookie Cutter Shark!
We put it to you to choose, and you picked the cookie cutter shark!
The cookie cutter shark, also called the cigar shark, is found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The name comes from the way it cuts out hunks of flesh from its prey. It does this by attaching itself to something by sucking with its mouth. Then it swivels its body so its teeth cut out a circular bite.
Marks made by cookie cutter sharks have been found on a wide variety of marine mammals, fishes, submarines and undersea cables.
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