Talk:Silky shark

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First cut, stole layout from Oceanic_white_tipped_shark.

Need to verify

  • young fed in utero by a placental sac ( not sure what this means ... just assumes silky is same as oceanic? :-) )
  • Temperature, I have 2 books one say above 23 , the other say it likes 23 best.

Improvements:

  • Better distribution, all I have is worldwide, but not how far north/south.
  • Picture, I have one will try to upload at some time.
  • More text, more headers!!

Stefan 07:02, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Placental doesn't make sense to me either. I'm fairly certain that only mammals have placenta (and then only the placental mammals, not marsupials or egg layers). From the little I know about shark reproduction, viviparous sharks don't actually have a good way to feed their young. In some species, the young will actually eat each other for nutrition. That some sharks would have an advanced system like a placenta and others wouldn't have anything at all doesn't make sense to me. Athaler 18:21, 17 February 2007 (UTC)