Nurse Shark Facts: why a NURSE? 🦈 Animal Fact Files
Nurse sharks get there common name from a misunderstanding! Learn all kinds of nurse shark facts on today's episode of Animal Fact Files!
Scientific Name: Family - Ginglymostomatidae
-nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
-Pacific nurse shark (Ginglymostoma unami)
-tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)
-short-tail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum)
Range: marine waters throughout the world (depending on the species)
Habitat: shallow, coastal waters with places to hide/rest
Size: 2.5 to 10 feet (75-300cm) long
Diet: crustaceans, mollusks, fish, etc.
Threats: other sharks like lemon and tiger sharks
Lifespan: 25 years in the wild
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Nurse Shark SPECIES 0:00
Nurse Shark SIZE 0:27
Nurse Shark NAME 0:58
Nurse Shark HABITAT and RANGE 1:22
Nurse Shark DIET 2:06
Nurse Shark DANGEROUS 2:32
Nurse Shark THREATS 2:45
Nurse Shark LIFE CYCLE 3:08
Thanks / Outro 3:30
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Image and Video Credits:
Joseph Bylund - flickr.com/photos/hwttdz/2747... ; flickr.com/photos/hwttdz/3924...
Tchami - flickr.com/photos/tchami/1042...
James St. John - flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/...
Dr. Mathew Gilligan - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Gary Rinaldi - www.flickr.com/photos/5455673...
Eric Falconi - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Panga MX - vimeo.com/125353551
Lachie Smith - vimeo.com/35501912
Jeff - vimeo.com/35037534
Dave Harding - vimeo.com/62295566
Christian Hernandez Hauser - vimeo.com/104375508
Taylor James Johnson - vimeo.com/229021016
Carlo Piccinelli - vimeo.com/376623076
Chris_huh - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ps... ; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ne... ; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Nightlight6 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...
keesgroenedijk - www.inaturalist.org/photos/42...
出羽雀台 - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Diver Jackie - vimeo.com/59245043
Luca Oddone - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Research Credits:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/dis...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
www.sharkwater.com/shark-data...
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
www.fishbase.se/summary/Gingl...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/4...
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/dis...
www.sharks.org/tawny-nurse-sh...
www.fishbase.se/summary/5895
shark-references.com/species/...
www.fishbase.se/summary/5894
www.orafarm.com/product/short...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/4...
carnivora.net/short-tail-nurs...
animals.howstuffworks.com/fis...
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Пікірлер: 30
These are some of my favorite sharks! Which sharks are your favorites? Maybe we've discussed them in previous episodes!
@carto4028
2 жыл бұрын
Whale sharks are my favorite. Filter feeding is just a cool strategy that so many different types of creatures take part in. Because the ocean lacks large predators like it used to the large filter feeders are temporary untouchable Untill something fills that niche again. The idea of just swimming through the water with your mouth open and not worrying about anything else is a graceful thought to me.
@chisaquaticvibe6524
2 жыл бұрын
The great hammerhead
@eel5618
2 жыл бұрын
@@carto4028 The basking shark and the megamouth sharks are also really cool loking.
@eel5618
2 жыл бұрын
All the filterfeeding ones and the bonehead.
They should be called "Catfish Sharks". That seems a bit more appropriate. Plus, that's a cool name!
@AnimalFactFiles
2 жыл бұрын
Love this 😻
They are so common in the maldives its crazy lol (and they are always searching for food, even in the harbours!, once i saw 10 at once in a Harbour)
Nurse Sharks Are Amazing
Sand Tiger Sharks Are Harmless Unless You Mess With Them First
Grey nurse shark is an Aussie Term for Sand Tiger Shark
Cool
Hammerhead sharks are my fave type of sharks! Nurse sharks are also super cool. I had no idea they could give birth up to 30 pups! Wow, that’s a lot! Thanks for the cool information!
@AnimalFactFiles
2 жыл бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it! We have a (much older) hammerhead shark video, too, if you're interested: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKWLy5ixhMeymps.html
@FriendlyKat
2 жыл бұрын
@@AnimalFactFiles Cool! Thanks for the suggestion!
Why are they called nurse sharks but they dont carry medical equipment :(
@eunaekim9216
2 жыл бұрын
Just an FYI, it's an English way of trying to say a term for these animals in a foreign language!
Nurse shark-catfish among sharks
How about Viper Dog Fish? They work.
Can you do fact files on pilot whales?
@AnimalFactFiles
2 жыл бұрын
Sure thing! Thanks for the suggestions!
Can you please do a video about sloths?
@AnimalFactFiles
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent idea! That's on our list! Thank you!
Make a vídeo about spider monkeys
@AnimalFactFiles
2 жыл бұрын
Cool suggestion! Thank you!
May anyone who blesses SpikeSpiegel93 or Dad be blessed, and may anyone who curses them be cursed!
@AnimalFactFiles
2 жыл бұрын
Completely agreed! 😹
Another family of bottom-dwelling sharks you should do a video on is the Triakidae aka Hound Sharks
@AnimalFactFiles
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent suggestion! Thank you!