Basking Shark | Cetorhinus maximus

Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus, The sharks skim the surfaced water during the summer month trapping zoo-plankton in their gill rakers.  Typically for this the mouth is wide open like a basket.  Sometimes this can also be seen from the surface and the sharks appear to be basking in the sun.  The sharks shed the gill rakers in late summer or autumn and disappear in the depth of the Atlantic Ocean, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, North Atlantic Ocean

Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Florian Graner

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