Fisherman finds a bull shark with two heads

Biologists have documented two-headed animals before, like snakes and lizards — but a finding like this is extremely rare. It's a two-headed bull shark, and it was discovered by a Florida fisherman after cutting open the uterus of an adult shark.

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Baby sharks may be the key to the ultimate shark repellent

Marine biologist Ryan Kempster noticed a very strange thing when he brought an electrical field close to the egg case of an embryonic shark: The unborn — and highly vulnerable — baby altered its movements by ceasing its gill function. It's a strategy, he believes, that helps baby sharks to sense when a predator is…

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Just when you thought it was safe to putt: Shark falls from the sky…

Even when you're on dry land, you may not be completely safe from sharks. Golfers at San Juan Hills Golf Club in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., got a bit of a shock this past Monday when a two-foot-long leopard shark dropped from the sky onto the 12th hole. So how did this sea creature find itself five miles from the…

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The battle of Shark vs. Octopus has a shocking ending

Syfy offered us the epic battle of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, but National Geographic gives us the real world battle of not-so-mega shark (a spiny dogfish, specifically) vs. regular-sized octopus. When this dogfish gets hungry, it thinks it will make a meal of the octopus in its aquarium tank. But it won't be so …

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