Saint Louis University https://refractor.io/tag/saint-louis-university/ Saint Louis University en-AU Fri, 01 Dec 2017 03:59:50 GMT Airplane or airship? Different shark bodies for different environments https://refractor.io/biology/airplane-or-airship-different-shark-bodies-for-different-environments/ A juvenile tiger shark photographed in the Bahamas

If you take a look at the different types of sharks, you'll see that some are sleek and streamlined like fixed-wing airplanes, while others are more bulbous and blimp-like. A new study has determined that this difference in body type is determined by what part of the ocean the creatures inhabit.

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