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The
nurse shark is the bottom feeder in the shark world.
They are also very harmless to people but you shouldn't
try to agrevate this beautiful animal as it has very
strong jaws and can defend itself very well. The skin
on this shark is gray-brown and many of them have white
spots on the top portion of their body. Most sharks
are rough to touch but the nurse shark feels soft if
touched by the human hand. Nurse sharks are also one
of the few shark groups that live well in captivity.
Nurse sharks can grow to about 2-13 feet long and the
record size for this shark was 14 feet. Nurse sharks
eat bottom-dwelling fish, squid, shrimp, octopus, crabs,
sea snails, lobster, sea urchins and coral. This animal
is a nocturnal hunter which means that it does most
of its hunting at night. Nurse sharks congregate in
schools and rest slugishly at the bottom of the ocean
during the day.
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