#sharkies

Thresher sharks have absurdly long tails that can be as long as the rest of their body, and they actually use them like weapons. When hunting schools of fish, a thresher shark will swim up quickly and whip its tail forward hard enough to stun or kill multiple fish at once before turning around to eat them.

okay so hear me out and lets Imagine being a tiny fish and suddenly getting hit by what is basically an underwater flyswatter moving at incredible speed. that would be terrifying.

What makes it even cooler is that threshers often hunt alone, so their tail is basically their secret hunting tool. “give this shark a built-in melee attack.”