LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA - FEBRUARY 20: A preserved, fully-grown cookiecutter shark sits on display during the Girls in Ocean Science Conference in Dana Point on Saturday. The small fish sneaks up on its ...
The fact that there is such a thing as a cookie-cutter shark — shaped like a cigar, no less — is not nearly as unnerving as the idea that its name is fitting. They are among the world’s “lesser-known ...
Nature didn’t need to do this, in my opinion. The cookie cutter shark’s mouth—which leaves the telltale bites on prey that gives the shark its name—is filled with serrated teeth. Frankly, the shark’s ...