Grey Nurse Shark
Umhlengikazi omhlophe u-shark

© Jean Tresfon

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

Umhlengikazi omhlophe u-shark

Ezinye kwintsapho

I-shark yeSan, umhlengikazi onguGrey, i-Dogfish shark, i-shark enezinyo

Igama lezesayensi

Carcharias taurus

Ubukhulu

Kuze kube yi-3,2m, umyinge we-2,5m

Ukukangeleka

I-mpumlo ekhudlwana kunye namazinyo ebonakalayo. Umncinci wokugqibela. Iibhentshi ezimnyama kwi-ntsundu-nangwevu ifele. Umzimba oqinileyo kunye namafesholo amabini.

Inkcukacha jikelele

I-Odontaspididae yintsapho iqukethe iifrimi ezimbini kunye neentlobo ezine. Uluhlu njengobungozi. Ihaki kuphela eyaziwa ngokugubha umoya kwaye igcine kwisisu ukuze ihlale ingathathi hlangothi. Iintlobo ezifudukelayo. Kufunyenwe kwiindawo ezinqamlekileyo okanye ezikhulu kwizixhobo zamanzi.
Isixand kosokwenziwa kwaye ihamba ngokukhawuleza, kodwa. Unokuba ngumsindo xa ucatshukiswa. Ilinganisa ukuya kwi-160kg. Ovoviviparous. Osemncinci ozalwe ngokupheleleyo
Phuhliswa. Ubuncwane bomdaka buvela. Ngokuqhelekileyo iipopu ezimbini zizalelwa.

Ukutya

Ixhaphake kakhulu kwiintlanzi ezinamathambo, kodwa kunye neehoki ezincinci, imitha, i-squid, oononkala kunye ne-lobster.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.