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"Ghost Sharks" Grow Teeth From Their Heads and Use Them For Fishy Foreplay
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SYFY WIRE
Chimaeras, commonly called ghost sharks (though they technically aren’t sharks themselves), take things to another level.
Today, the modern male ratfish uses its tenaculum to grab hold of a mate during copulation.
Then they used a combination of CT scans and histology (sectioning and examining tissues with a microscope) to chart the course of tenaculum development over time, from hatchling to adult.
The first teeth become apparent when a male ratfish is between 12 and 20 inches in length.
The teeth closest to the tenaculum midline erupt first, followed by more teeth on either side.
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