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Ghost Sharks Use Teeth on Their Forehead to Have Deep-Sea Sex


Are those teeth on your forehead or are you just happy to see me? In the curious case of chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, the answer is 'both.' These forehead-teeth are attached to a retractable stalk called a tenaculum, and they help chimaeras have sex.

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