Thresher Shark

Family – Alopiidae, 3 spp

Status: vulnerable

Size: up to 20 feet.

Exceptionally long tail, at times as long as its body.

Uses its tail as a whip to stun and injure its prey.

Known to jump out of the water.

Practices oophagy: its embryos may feed on unfertilized eggs while still in the uterus.