thresher shark

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thresher shark

Any of various large sharks of the genus Alopias, especially A. vulpinus of warm and temperate waters worldwide, having a tail with a long whiplike upper lobe with which it strikes the surface of the water.

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thresher shark - large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed

Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thresher, thrasher

shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

Alopius, genus Alopius - type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae

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A THRESHER shark leaps from the water off the coast of Torquay in Devon, a very rare sighting in the UK.

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Incredible photos of a Thresher Shark breaching waters in Lyme Bay, which stretches between Dorset and East Devon, have also wowed marine experts.

Two killer whales and a shark spotted off Devon coast within days; A huge Orca was seen in the water in Torquay this morning - just a few days after leaping Thresher Sharks and another Orca - commonly known as a Killer Whale - were spotted

They also made headlines in 2015 after someone on board reeled in a 19-stone thresher shark , believed to be only the second of its kind ever caught off Wales.

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"Towards the end of the show a thresher shark will leap out at the audience, which should knock their socks off!" she said.

Don't worry, our sharks won't bite; Wildlife Trusts unveil plans for realistic holograms to lure visitors to Wales

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