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Body
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Snout has long projection. Jaws open to protrude signifcantly. Pink, soft skin. Up to 7.5 ft.
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Small eyes. Can achieve bouyancy by gulping air. Brown with spots. Grows to 10 feet
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Two rows of anterior teeth. Pointy snout, small eyes, large gills. Grows to 12 feet
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Long upper lobe of caudal fin; small mouth; small gills Circulatory system retains metabolic heat. 11 to 20 ft. depending on species.
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Large, blubbery; head large and relatively long: Grows to 16 feet
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Large eyes. Gills are large and extend to top of head. Thin, long body, grows to 3.5 feet.
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Very long gills; many small teeth, long body, Caudal lobes almost same size. Very large, grows to 37 ft.
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Solidly-built. Tiny second dorsal. Pointy conical snout. Circulatory system retains heat as if "warm-
blooded".
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Food
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Fish, squid
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Many kinds of fish. Sometimes feeds cooperatively.
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Small fish, rays, squid, crustaceans
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Fish, squid
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Plankton
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Not known.
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Plankton
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Fish, squid, and some marine mammals
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Habitat
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Depth between 130 to 3 940 feet. Mostly near Japan
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Shallow reefs, coastal areas of temperate and tropical seas
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Deep-water warm temperate and tropical seas; Mostly bottom; depth 43 to 1,380 ft
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Coastal and oceanic waters; cool temperate to tropical zones of Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans
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Migrates vertically from 40 to 550 feet
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Oceanic waters, near the bottom; depth from the surface to 1,940 feet.
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Coastal to pelagic; boreal to warm temperate waters.
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Coastal and oceanic; cool temperate to tropical zones of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans
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