The jaws (182 teeth, 11 feet of width, and more than 8 feet in height), which once belonged to a megaladon, will be placed up for bid in Dallas, Texas in June at the Heritage Auction Galleries. This is said to be the world’s largest shark jaws go up for auction. The asking price is set at $625,000.
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Gov. Brown says, “We gotta make it lean and hungry if we’re gonna win the confidence of the people.” So, if you’re in California, make JAAAHWS part of your tchotchke diet before our confidence gives way.
…in Romania
Children wear bear furs during New Year ritual dances in Comanesti, Romania on Friday Dec. 30 2010. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A sand tiger shark off the Bonin Islands will soon give birth. During the nine-month pregnancy, the largest two pups will have eaten their siblings for sustenance, a kind of cannibalism unique to this species.
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