The speedy shortfin mako shark has a secret weapon to fight drag: bristling denticles that line its fins and tail. (Image…
The speedy shortfin mako shark has a secret weapon to fight drag: bristling denticles that line its fins and tail. (Image credit: mako shark - jidanchaomian, illustration - A. Lang; research credit: A. Lang and A. Lang et al.; submitted by Kam-Yung Soh)