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minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoAs a veteran scuba instructor, I have touched dozens of sharks with my bare hands. Every one had very rough skin, like medium sandpaper.
minus-squareGrabthar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIndeed. Placoid scales are a defining feature of Elasmobranchs.
minus-squareMeThisGuy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agothat’s why they swim so smooth in the ocean. that or a few million years of evolution
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI don’t know what to tell you, I’m petting a shark right now and it’s like touching silk. In both directions, couldn’t be smoother
As a veteran scuba instructor, I have touched dozens of sharks with my bare hands. Every one had very rough skin, like medium sandpaper.
Indeed. Placoid scales are a defining feature of Elasmobranchs.
that’s why they swim so smooth in the ocean.
that or a few million years of evolution
I don’t know what to tell you, I’m petting a shark right now and it’s like touching silk. In both directions, couldn’t be smoother