Deep-Sea Ghost Sharks Grow Teeth on Their Foreheads, and Scientists Finally Know Why

Male “ghost sharks,” eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras and closely related to sharks and rays, have a strange rod that projects from their foreheads and is covered with sharp, retractable teeth. New research shows these are not simple imitations but actual rows of teeth that develop outside the mouth. The unusual structure, called a […]

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