hooked teeth. The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over ...

Small organisms such as plankton get stuck in their gill rakers and the shark then consumes the food. Filter-feeding sharks include whale sharks, megamouth sharks and basking sharks. These species ...

An annual survey of marine animals has counted the fewest basking sharks in its 20 years.

They have six rows of teeth in their upper jaws and nine rows ... told Global News that for him, a basking shark sighting is ...

Basking sharks are the world's second biggest fish (after the whale shark) reaching lengths up to 10m (33ft). They have no teeth and feed on microscopic plankton with their huge, wide-open mouths.

The appearance of a basking shark off the Northumberland Coast has been described as a "bit of a mystery". The gargantuan fish was spotted in September by a boat tour close to the Farne Islands.

The basking shark is a migratory fish ... shrimps, and squid. Its teeth grow like a dental conveyor belt - new rows of teeth pop out towards the back and push the older ones forward until they ...

Incredible footage has emerged of a rogue basking shark swimming off the coast of Northumberland. People on a boat tour spotted the enormous fish - which is the second-largest of the species - off ...

A HUGE shark with a 5ft fin has been spotted swimming yards off the UK coast - with locals warned not to "go anywhere near it". The 30ft-long basking shark was seen off the coast of Northumberland ...

That's way bigger than the basking shark, the biggest fish in the UK ... How big are the megalodon's teeth? Watch the video above to see how big the megalodon's tooth compares to that of ...

They have no teeth and feed on microscopic plankton ... perfume and artificial silk. While basking shark sightings fell last year, HWDT recorded its highest sighting rates of minke whales.