Who survived a vicious six gill shark attack?
GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Bluntnose Sixgill shark is a primitive, common, and distinctive shark that has six gills on each side of the body (most sharks have five pairs on each side of the face). These sharks are also known as the Cow shark, the Grey shark, the mud shark and the Bulldog shark. They have a single (and small) dorsal fin near the end of the body, a blunt snout, and small eyes in front of the mouth. They are gray-brown in color and are paler underneath. It has a toxic liver but edible flesh. It is fished by man for its oil and meat. TEETH The Bluntnose Sixgill shark has six rows of saw-like teeth positioned in the side of the lower jaw. The upper jaw has smaller, curved, single-cusped teeth. SIZE The Bluntnose Sixgill shark averages about 16 ft (4.8 m) long. It ranges from 5 to 16.5 ft (1.5 to 5 m) long. DIET AND FEEDING HABITS The Bluntnose Sixgill shark eats large fish (like other sharks, billfish, dolphin, flounder, spurdogs, rays, and cod), crabs, shrimp, smaller fish, a
