Thresher Shark facts: I whip my tail back and forth | Animal Fact Files

Thresher sharks are the sharks with the really long tails. The top part of their tail fin can be as long as their bodies! Thresher sharks use this long tail fin to stun prey with a fast strike. There are three thresher shark species and they all have some unique features that set them apart from the others. One thresher shark species has massive gills, perhaps some of the largest known gills in any living shark! These sharks may seem scary simply based on the fact that they're sharks, but thresher sharks have been observed as shy creatures even fleeing from bubbles created by SCUBA gear. Generally, they're considered harmless to humans.
Scientific Name: Genus - Alopias
Range: tropical and temperature waters around the world
Size: 12 to 18.8 feet (365cm to 573cm) depending on the species
Diet: fish, cephalopods, pelagic crustaceans, etc.
Lifespan: 20-30 years
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Bunch of little cuties 🥺 Might be my favorite new shark.

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My favorite shark species, thanks for making a video on them : D

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Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@DiveBuddy]

nicely done, we were lucky to film them hunting. liked and subscribed. Thanks Klemens

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Oh nice catch! ;)

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These sharks are amazing!🤩 Great video and I hope you get more subscribers!☺

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Thank you so much!

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In over 50 years of scuba diving my most amazing experience e was being circled a few times by a bigeye thresher in an offshore night dive in Hawaii.

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[@Col28]

Very cool sharks. I didn't know anything about them. I especially like their hunting technique.

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Do an arapaima

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Awesome suggestion! Thank you!! 😊

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I love these goofy sharks

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Here is the link to our komodo dragon episode: ruclips.net/video/kqiqAgmXsxM/видео.html
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great video, thanks for sharing this knowledge!
hope that someday you guys will have a roadrunner video!

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That's an awesome idea! Thanks for the suggestion. 😊 Glad you enjoyed the video!

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Cool suggestion! We'll add that to our list. Thanks! 😊

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Thank you! 😊

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Heard they split hydrogen, theres a Psalms about this, "Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength"

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Fun fact there’s actually 2 other species alopias palatasi and alopias grandis

[@drk321]

She used the word "are" not "were". She was clearly not talking about extinct species.

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Slasher sharks

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They live for 50 years.

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