Animalia

chordata

alopiidae

chondrichthyes

lamniformes

alopias

vulpinus

subspecies

1. pelagic, bigeye, and common thresher

thresher sharks date back to 55 million year ago.

Great white shark are the closest relative

Three ancestors of the species

1. ragged-tooth shark, megamouth, and crocodile shark. 

20 feet long 

1,100 lbs

live between 19 and 50 years

females have an opening known as a cloaca

characteristics (next slide)

The northwest Atlantic Ocean get about 1034mm of rain each year 

sea weed

cod, red fishes, Atlantic mackerel, Crabs, etc

water stays around 41F

Open Ocean

herring, bluefish, mackerel, etc

they eat night and day

by using their long tails they whip their prey, killing them in the process.

they are solitary until they are ready to hunt then they group up in pars or groups up to three.

help manage health marine ecosystem

the Males normally lead the group

they are mostly solo so no they do not have some type of ranking system