Painting of a shark scavenging on a whale (IMAGE)

Bournemouth University

Painting of a shark scavenging on a whale

Caption

A painted reconstruction of a bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) scavenging on a tiny extinct right whale carcass during the Early Pliocene of the southern North Sea. A pod of an extinct whale related to today’s belugas swimming in the background. Painting by Alexander Lovegrove.

Credit

Alexander Lovegrove

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

CC0

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