Thursday, November 19, 2015

Sawfish

                           Sawfish
Sawfish        The sawfish or Pristidae is a crossbreed of a shark and a ray. Its rostrum, or saw-like snout is used to saw prey in half or to dig, there is two types of sawfish. The smalltooth sawfish, and the largetooth sawfish. 
        The smalltooth sawfish is about 18 feet, and can grow up to 25 feet. The sawfish also lives to 25-30 years old. They eat mostly fish, but also crustaceans and, Sawfish live in shallow, coastal waters.
       Instead of bones, sawfish have cartilaginous skeletons.
Unlike sharks, the sawfish has sandpaper like skin. 

My sources are HERE and HERE and HERE
          
         
         


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