A thresher shark with a long scythe-like tail whipping through stunned fish beside a breaching silhouette and a fox head shape on a light gray background.

A Tail as Long as Its Body — How Well Do You Know Thresher Sharks?

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

29

Volts

3/q

Named after the Greek word for fox and armed with a tail as long as its body. Thresher sharks stun fish with whip strikes, breach like dolphins, and grow their pups on unfertilized eggs. This quiz covers three species of tail-powered predator.

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