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A Shark Story – Birth Of A Banded Bamboo Shark From An Egg Case – GeoAquarium

GeoAquarium Website: http://www.geoaquarium.org I brought home a baby shark egg case from Oceans Direct Saltwater Fish Store ( http://www.OceansDirect.com ) about 5 weeks old and put it in one of my saltwater tanks. It was a baby Banded Bamboo shark based on the shape, size, color and texture of the egg case. I created videos

Banded Baby Bamboo Shark Project - Week 13 - GeoAquarium

Banded Baby Bamboo Shark Project Week 13

http://www.geoaquarium.org This is week 13 into the project and the baby bamboo shark is almost ready to come out of the incubator to be released into the tank. The yolk sac is starting to shrink noticeably and the length and width of the baby is much larger. ______ I brought home a baby bamboo shark

Banded Baby Bamboo Shark Week 12 - GeoAquarium Project

Banded Baby Bamboo Shark Week 12

http://www.GeoAquarium.org This is week 12 in the development of the baby Bamboo Shark. It is about a week since the egg case transfer and the baby is doing fine. It is just as active and the gill respiration is about the same as before the transfer. The baby seems to have grown noticeably in just

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Banded Bamboo Shark Egg Case Transfer – 11 Weeks Old

http://www.geoaquarium.org/ This is a video of the removal of the immature baby shark from the natural egg case and transfer to a clear plastic incubator for the remainder of the developmental process. It will be kept in dimmed lighting until maturity is reached. The egg case is about 11 weeks old now and the outside

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Banded Bamboo Shark Egg Case – Day 14

This is week three of the project and the Bamboo shark embryo has grown. The eyes are defined and the head section is larger – large gill strands. The body is thick, the mouth underneath is formed and the tail has developed the fins. You can notice the difference when compared to the video from

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Banded Bamboo Shark Egg Case – Day 7

http://www.geoaquarium.org/ This is week two of the project and the Bamboo shark embryo has grown. The eyes are defined and the head section is larger. The body and tail is also thicker. You can notice the difference when compared to the video from just one week ago when I first started the project. This is

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Banded Bamboo Shark Egg Case – Day One

Banded Bamboo Shark Egg Case – Day One I brought home a shark egg case about 5 weeks old and put it in one of my saltwater tanks today. It is a Banded Bamboo shark based on the shape, size, color and texture of the egg case. I will post other videos as the embryo

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Brown Banded Bamboo Shark Profile

Brown Banded Bamboo Shark Profile By Stan & Debbie Hauter Identification: Family: Hemiscyllidae | Scientific Name: Chiloscyllium punctatum (Muller & Henle, 1838) Other Common Names: It is because the barbels at the mouth that look like a cat’s whiskers this shark is known as a Cat Shark, also named a Brown-Banded, Banded, Brown-Spotted, Black Banded,