Basking sharks are now one of the most highly protected sharks in European waters. A parasitic fish called a lamprey sometimes attaches itself near a male shark’s claspers, or reproductive organs.

How to avoid parasite infections from fish Infections from these parasites ... These include wild sea bass, ling, shark, ...

It is not uncommon to find a marine animal attached to another, but a Maori octopus on a Mako shark? That is a different and ...

The predators that ate the anglers’ fish were often sharks, but dolphins, barracuda and even alligators were also identified as culprits, a study said. Facebook screengrab Sport fishing has more ...

They are often seen around seamounts where hungry cleaner fish pick off parasites, and if they don’t do a good enough job of it, the sharks will even breach multiple times out of the water in an ...

This image captured by a Schmidt Ocean Institute remotely operate vehicle shows parasites had burrowed into the head of a fish in the South Atlantic. Schmidt Ocean Institute video screengrab A ...

It finds its food using its sense of smell, which is highly developed, and it’s thought this compensates for the shark being blind. The parasitic copepod ommatokoita elongata attaches itself to ...