Thursday, March 15, 2012

FOR KIDS: Speedy sharkskin

Tiny, toothlike bumps boost sharks? swiftness

Web edition : Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Slicing through the water at speeds exceeding 45 miles per hour (72 kph), the shortfin mako shark is one of the fastest fish in the sea. A team of Harvard biologists has made a surprising discovery about what feature gives the mako, like all other sharks, its incredible swiftness ? its sandpapery skin.

Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website?and read the full story:?Speedy sharkskin


Found in: Science News For Kids

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/339105/title/FOR_KIDS_Speedy_sharkskin

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