Secret Of Shark Ability To Regenerate Deadly Teeth Revealed By Researchers

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The dentition of an adult male Scyliorhinus canicula, imaged using X-rays. Rasch et al./Developmental Biology

Sharks are arguably the ultimate predators. They’ve been around since before trees evolved 400 million years ago, and they’ve survived multiple mass extinction events, including the Great Dying, which killed off around 96 percent of all life on Earth.