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From the album: Sharks
I ran out of room in the other display, so I split the collection into extinct/extant species. I probably still need another riker! For scale, the big great white tooth is about 2 1/4" slant height. In red are species that are endangered or critically endangered. The only teeth I regret having are the modern Makos, I had gotten them for comparative reasons (both are anterior, left is upper, right is lower). The fossil Mako is actually an I. desori (a big one!), but I included it since it's so morphologically similar to the extant species, and a few people would say they're synonymo -
While my prime focus is essentially learning how to accurately describe Nature in the precise language of mathematics, I've always been intrigued by natural history - it's actually what started me on the path to physics. The sort of interrogation that paleontology practices provoked me to think and question even further, down to the fundamental science which makes it all work. Collecting fossils has brought a large amount of enjoyment to my life, and is often a welcome distraction from what can sometimes be straining work. The knowledge that I accumulate along the way is also part
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From the album: Sharks
Updated riker display with new additions and printed labels (new additions*). Alopias hermani* Alopias latidens Alopias supersciliousus* Carcharhinus leucas Carcharias taurus Carcharocles angustidens Carcharocles megalodon Carcharodon carcharias Carcharodon hastalis* (broad form) Carcharodon planus Cretodus crassidens Cretolamna appendiculata Cretoxyrhina mantelli Dwardius woodwardi Galeocerdo aduncus* Galeocerdo cuvier Hemipristis serra Isurus-
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From the album: Sharks
Updated riker display with new additions and printed labels (new additions*). Decided to take out non-shark things to make room. Alopias latidens Carcharhinus leucas Carcharias taurus Carcharocles angustidens Carcharocles megalodon Carcharodon carcharias Carcharodon hastalis* (broad form) Carcharodon planus* Cretodus crassidens Cretolamna appendiculata Cretoxyrhina mantelli Dwardius woodwardi Galeocerdo cuvier Hemipristis serra Isurus desori* Negaprion breviros-
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How do I keep shark teeth pressed up to the glass of a Riker case? They all fall all over the place, when I pick it up
