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Cloze Test (May 17-21)

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The Frilled Shark

The frilled shark is sometimes known as a living because it has changed so little since prehistoric times. The name is derived from the for snake-like.

It has a lizard-like and a blunt ended mouth, armed with three rows of three-pronged teeth. It has six pairs of covered with a frilly texture. Its eyes are very large in proportion to the rest of its body giving it a Gollum-like appearance. It lives in the ocean at a of about 1750 metres and is reddish in colour. It is rarely seen by although it sometimes gets entangled in nets.

It captures its prey by bending its body and forward like a snake. Its long and jaws enable it to swallow its prey whole while the many rows of needle like teeth make it difficult for the to escape. It mainly feeds on squid, cuttlefish and octopus.

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