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Illustrated by Donald Carrick
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Sand Tiger Shark
Sand Tiger Shark
By Carol Carrick
Sand Tiger Shark
Sand Tiger Shark
Illustrated by Donald Carrick
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Sand Tiger Shark
Sand Tiger Shark
By Carol Carrick
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Text copyright © 1977 by Carol Carrick Text
1. Sand tiger sharks—Juvenile literature.
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,
Pictures copyright © 1977 by Donald Carrick
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Summary: Examines the life cycle of a sand tiger shark.
[1. Sand tiger sharks. 2. Sharks] I. Carrick, Donald. II. Title.
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There was a natural law in the shallow nursery ground But the eating had started in the sand tiger’s life before At birth the shark was a miniature of his mother. Already
where the sand tiger shark was born. Only mothers about to give birth would enter, and while they were there none of the newborn pup was protected them would eat. In this way, from the adult sharks and not eaten, even by his own mother. he was born . . . soon after he and a twin had hatched in- side their mother. They swam inside of her for the next year, eating the other eggs that her body produced. thirty inches long, and armed with dangerous teeth, he was well-equipped to leave her and his twin to fend for himself.
Swimming used little of the sand tiger’s energy, but he had Swimming used little of the