Can you eat a wobbegong shark?

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asked Dec 19, 2020 in Other- Pets by WithamRoberys (420 points)
Can you eat a wobbegong shark?

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answered Nov 21, 2021 by Ripley909 (2,150 points)
Yes you can eat a Wobbegong Shark.

The Wobbegong shark is edible and is on some menus in some places although it's not widely eaten.

While you can find wobbegong on the menu in some local Australian fish n' chip shops, they aren't as widely eaten as some other sharks like porbeagles and mako sharks.

Wobbegongs used to be fished with very little regulation in Australia.

The tasselled wobbegong shark lives in the western Pacific Ocean off eastern Indonesia (Waigeo, Aru), Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia including Barrow Island off Western Australia, northern Queensland, and the Northern Territory.

Larger fishes, sharks and marine mammals will eat tasselled wobbegongs.

The Wobbegong shark has 3 rows of very sharp fang like teeth in their upper jaw and also 2 rows of teeth in their lower Jaw.

The tasselled wobbegong shark is ovoviviparous, which means that the female's eggs develop within her body.

During this process, the young get their nourishment in the womb from the egg yolk.

Pups are about 7 to 8 inches long when born.

Wobbegong sharks live for up to 20 to 30 years although some may live a bit longer.

Spotted Wobbegong are now known to mature at 120 cm (4 ft.) (Huveneers et al. 2007b).

Maximum length is about 320 cm (10 ft.), but most individuals only grow to 150-180 cm.

The wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae.

They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species occurs as far north as Japan.

Hammerhead Sharks have attacked people but it's rare for a hammerhead shark or other shark to attack someone.

Humans are actually the real number 1 threat to all species of Hammerhead Sharks.

Attacks on humans are extremely rare.

Only 3 of the 9 Hammerhead species (Great, Scalloped, and Smooth Hammerheads) have ever attacked a human.

Like Reef Sharks, they give warning signals before attacking, such as a series of wild contortions.

The Greenland Shark is the kind of shark that lives the longest with an average lifespan of around 400 years.

The Greenland shark, also known as the gurry shark, grey shark, or by the Kalaallisut name eqalussuaq, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae, closely related to the Pacific and southern sleeper sharks.

Sharks do die of old age just like other animals and humans.

Sharks age faster than humans but a shark can live for up to 30 years although around 30 years of age a shark is considered to be around 85 to 90 years old in human years.

Sharks live for between 20 to 30 years.

The lifespan of a shark is 20 to 30 years although some sharks may live a bit longer than 30 years.

The shark or sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.

Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha and are the sister group to the rays.

Despite their scary reputation, sharks rarely ever attack humans and would much rather feed on fish and marine mammals.

Sharks are opportunistic feeders, but most sharks primarily feed on smaller fish and invertebrates.

Some of the larger shark species prey on seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals.

Whale sharks are essentially bulletproof, with six-inch-thick skin.

Though it's not the thickest in the animal world (sperm whales have skin measuring more than a foot thick), but it's tough enough that it's made it extremely difficult for scientists to get a blood sample of the creature.

Sharks are not blind, even though many people thought they were, or that they had very poor eyesight.

Sharks are color blind, but they can still see quite well.

Some sharks must swim constantly in order to keep oxygen-rich water flowing over their gills, but others are able to pass water through their respiratory system by a pumping motion of their pharynx.

This allows them to rest on the sea floor and still breathe.

Some sharks such as the nurse shark have spiracles that force water across their gills allowing for stationary rest.

Sharks do not sleep like humans do, but instead have active and restful periods.

Many scientists now believe that great white sharks are intelligent , highly inquisitive creatures.

Its prey, including seals and dolphins, are very clever animals, and the shark has to have enough brains to outsmart them.

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