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The New England Aquarium has a team of nine scientists in the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life who study sharks — from porbeagle and nurse sharks to thresher, blue, mako, sandbar, and sand tiger sharks.
More than 15 shark species reside in New England waters depending on the time of year.—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025 The plate, designed by OSU marine biology student Natalie Donato, features a large salmon shark at the center, plus two blue sharks and a common thresher on each side.—Meira Gebel, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025 Like other species of shark, threshers are endangered primarily due to overfishing, bycatch, and habitat degradation.—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 Pandora is also home to the deadly thresher species, ferocious monsters that look like the tentacled offspring of Godzilla and a Dune sandworm.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for thresher
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