**Join us for our milestone 10TH EPISODE!** And it's a special pre-Halloween episode about Ghost Sharks (Chimaeras)! Thank you for getting the Shark and Awe podcast to episode #10! We're glad you're here!

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SHOW RESOURCES:

• Cape Clasp: https://www.capeclasp.com/blogs/cape-clasp-blog/5-facts-about-ghost-sharks#:~:text=4.,keep%20growing%20throughout%20their%20life.
• Shark Trust: https://www.sharktrust.org/chimaera
• Shark Research Institute: https://www.sharks.org/blog/blogs/science-blog/sharks-and-chimaeras-and-a-hedgehog
• PADI - Chimaeras: https://blog.padi.com/sharks-lesser-known-but-equally-amazing-relatives/#:~:text=and%20coolest)%20relatives.-,Chimaeras,scales%2C%20chimaeras%20have%20smooth%20skin.
• Shark's "sixth sense": https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/even-sharks-electrical-sixth-sense-may-be-tuned-attack#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIon%20channels%20essentially%20make%20the,synapses%2C%20made%20with%20neighboring%20neurons.
• American Scientist - Ampullae of Lorenzini: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-discovery-of-the-sharks-electric-sense
• Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/about-sharks/senses/#:~:text=The%20lateral%20line%20system%20consists,as%20the%20acoustico%2Dlateralis%20system.
• Dr. Saldana Ruiz: https://saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/podcast/ghost-sharks-chimaeras-the-sharks-forgotten-cousins
• Dulvy - IUCN Red List Status 2020: https://www.dulvy.com/uploads/2/1/0/4/21048414/finucci_2020_faf.12526.pdf
• SciTech Daily: https://scitechdaily.com/deep-sea-ghost-sharks-grow-teeth-on-their-foreheads-and-scientists-finally-know-why/
• University of Florida: https://news.ufl.edu/2025/09/ghost-shark-teeth/
• Discover Magazine: https://www.discovermagazine.com/ghost-sharks-grow-retractable-teeth-out-of-their-forehead-not-to-eat-but-to-mate-48002
• Florida Museum: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/ghost-shark/
• National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: https://marinesanctuary.org/blog/sea-wonder-ghost-shark/
• LiveScience: https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/ghost-shark-with-enormous-head-and-giant-iridescent-eyes-discovered-off-thailand
• NOAA: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/explored/
• Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-long-does-it-really-take-to-form-a-habit/

Helper Sharks

• Bake and Shake Worldwide: https://www.youtube.com/@bakeandshakeworldwidepresents

SOUND CREDITS:

• Sound Effects courtesy of the Soundboard Maker app for Android.
• Background ocean waves courtesy of Youtube: https://youtu.be/1Ef9CAZ3OrQ?si=Of9zuwrVG2PIPAJG
• Outro music “Coral Chorus” from Fortnite