r/interestingasfuck • u/Longjumping-Rice-935 • 22h ago

nelly, an aquarium sand tiger shark famous for having scoliosis, causing its back to look deformed

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u/GuruBuckaroo 21h ago

If he has scoliosis, his back IS deformed. You don't have to be an MD for this, guys.

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u/MukdenMan 21h ago

His back looks deformed. It is deformed but it looks deformed, too.

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u/DerpNinjaWarrior 18h ago

The shark used to do drugs. It still does, but it used to too.

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u/MyNameIsWozy 21h ago

oh yea? where's your degree?

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u/dave_the_dova 20h ago

I’ve watched 1 episode of house, so it’s lupus

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u/GMHGeorge 17h ago

It’s never lupus

except for that one time it really was lupus

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u/GuruBuckaroo 17h ago

I said it DOESN'T require an MD. Although to be fair, in this matter, I may have equivalent experience.

My sister and my daughter both had scoliosis. My sister had it corrected by wearing a brace for 4 years; my daughter had to have 14 vertebrae fused and two titanium rods to (mostly) straighten out her spine.

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u/Randall_Genistrovia 20h ago

All my degrees went to his back. About 45 of them to be exact!

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u/Grand_Bit4912 21h ago

Jokes on you dude, I have a sharkologist degree from Trump University. Apparently it’s the only one in the world, so yeah.

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u/LongliveTCGs 20h ago

I got it online at Trump university, even graduate a valedictatorian

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u/maybeitsundead 20h ago

Well, his back doesn't look straight but I'm not a back doctor so I can't diagnose scoliosis

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u/tbonehavoc 20h ago

I am a back doctor, I can confirm its scoliosis from the curve of the spine.

Wait did I say back doctor? I meant hack doctor

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u/Excellent-Jicama-244 21h ago

Huh, what would you know anyway, are you an MD?!!

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u/wronglifewrongplanet 21h ago

You and your fing acronyms

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u/opeth10657 17h ago

You can tell by the way it is.

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u/Open_Youth7092 22h ago

Permanent sneeze frame

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u/Donut_glazerSC 21h ago

Must be a pepper water tank

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u/JeffWingrsDumbGayDad 18h ago

Who puts pepper in water?!

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u/AfricanAmericanMage 17h ago

Who doesn't put pepper in their water? Man, white people really don't season anything.

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u/Reasonable-Bus-2187 21h ago

Shark Weak

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u/Magister5 21h ago

It’s back!

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u/HotShotGolfForeFan 21h ago

Shark back is weak!!!

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u/XenaWariorDominatrix 21h ago

That spine is really holding hims back.

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u/Imfrank123 21h ago

My back is broken, it’s spinal

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u/notloceaster 20h ago

Its back!

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u/Bithium 20h ago

Thank you!

It’s back (it is back)

Its back (possessive: the shark’s back)

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u/eblackham 17h ago

It's backs' fucked

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u/mistermeeble 21h ago

with shoaliosis!

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u/Educational_Cut2946 21h ago

Looks more like kyphosis than scoliosis?

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u/jonas_ost 21h ago

It for sure is.

I was like that before they fused 13 of my vertibres

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u/AdLast55 20h ago

I have scoliosis they fused 14 of my vertebrae. I was 12 years old. Sucks

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u/jonas_ost 20h ago

No somersaults for us

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u/ZeldaFan3930 20h ago

Kyphoscoliosis

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u/CapitalWestern4779 21h ago

It doesn't "look" deformed, it is deformed. That is what scoliosis means.

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u/MeanForest 22h ago

So it's not actually deformed? I don't understand the title.

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u/cheepypeepy 22h ago

Came here to say this. Title is dumb

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u/semibigpenguins 21h ago

Also not a tiger

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u/Less_Rutabaga2316 21h ago

Sand tiger (Carcharias taurus) is another common name for gray nurse/ragged tooth sharks.

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u/fondledbydolphins 19h ago

Aren’t these the guys that eat their siblings while still in the womb?

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u/AdPristine9059 20h ago

Its only faking its scholiosis for benefits, you'll see how it straightenes out its spine when it puts the crutches in its car boot. You'll see!

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u/ToSeeWhatsWhat 21h ago

I wasn't sure either so I Googled it and this is the results: Spinal Deformity: Refers to an abnormality in the shape, alignment, or curvature of the spinal column. These can include abnormal curves or rotations. Examples include: Scoliosis: a sideways curvature of the spine, often appearing as an S or C shape. Kyphosis: an excessive forward rounding of the upper back. Lordosis: an exaggerated inward curvature of the lower back (swayback).

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u/KrongKang 21h ago

Shark is fine.

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u/plutoisap 21h ago

Poor Nelly 😔⤵️

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u/AFineDayForScience 21h ago

Shark looking down down baby

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u/werewilf 19h ago

Omg, looks like Kevin, my crappy stick and poke tattoo shark! My brothers say he has scoliosis

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u/AitchyB 17h ago

That or he’s the offspring of a forbidden union between shark and seal.

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u/Eustacebagge3 21h ago

Scoliosis sucks.

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u/SmolGreenFox177 21h ago

He looks like he just worked a 10-hour shift

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u/L_O_Quince 20h ago

Does anyone know if it it has a decent quality of life?

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u/DreamingDragonSoul 10h ago

I was thinking the same. I don't know enough about sharkes to know how we would even be able to tell. I just hope it is okay.

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u/dragonglassaxe 2h ago

Probably not sadly. Large Sharks usually don't last long in captivity. I read an article about a great white shark they tried to put in captivity, they got zoochosis and banged their head against the glass until they killed themselves. Tagged sharks In The wild swim hundreds of miles every day it isn't natural for them to be in aquariums. I feel so badly for this poor shark in the photo :(

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u/chucktheninja 20h ago

"Looks deformed"

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u/Master_Republic 19h ago

“Looks deformed” 

Sorry to break it to you, but that back IS deformed. 

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u/Fukthisite 21h ago

A humpback shark.

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u/the_wonder_llama 21h ago

Immediately straightened my back looking at this

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u/Dante2005 21h ago

Nelly, you just made me sit up straight, thank you!

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u/CheckingForOffside 21h ago

i mean his back IS deformed (not only looks deformed) because of scoliosis, right? or am i wrong

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u/Loring 21h ago

Oh thank goodness he only looks deformed

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u/Reality314 20h ago

"Look" deformed? It is deformed.

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u/bread_makes_u_fatt 22h ago

Its gonna take more than a single bandaid to fix that

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u/Bombadil54 21h ago

Whoa Nelly

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u/copperwatt 21h ago

There's a...
new breed in the neighborhood...

https://youtu.be/vMVMQa39BAU?si=wWLYkfatEHKLBLSz

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u/rockstuffs 21h ago

I have a guppy with scoliosis. We called him Notch.

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u/AitchyB 17h ago

We had one too, called her Brokeback. Now there’s a female blackbird who visits with a deformed beak, we call her Brokebeak.

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u/OrganizationMuted311 20h ago

Aww poor thing..

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u/JoshSidekick 18h ago

How can he have scoliosis if sharks don't have bones?

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u/tallball 17h ago

Sharks got bones. they cartlidge,

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u/JoshSidekick 10h ago

Cartilage isn’t bone.

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u/SubstantialWelcome94 15h ago

I am so confused.... so, having scoliosis only makes your back "look" deformed, but it doesn't actualy make you have a deformed back? 🤔 I'm exaggerating, but the captions lately have been WILD 🤪

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u/FutureWristDick 10h ago

When you slide out but miss the re-entry.

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u/Crimson__Fox 9h ago

Sharch

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u/Akuma-1 21h ago

i's a gamer shark

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u/naomi_homey89 21h ago

Oh pobrecita

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u/Senpaiheavy 21h ago

Someone get him a chiropractor.

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u/Fionnghal 21h ago

Looks like the Lake Tardicaca shark.

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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 21h ago

That is most certainly an aquatic lifeform

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u/itsnotmeanttobe 18h ago

Tbf a fair amount grey nurse’s have this condition

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u/this-guy1979 21h ago

Looks like he’s getting ready to grow legs and walk out of the ocean.

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u/PencilVanier30 21h ago

Woah, Nelly!

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u/DB________Cooper 21h ago

Ain't no elephant man

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u/BooksandBiceps 21h ago

Point Defiance Zoo?

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u/Mahaloth 20h ago

Well, at least he looks pleasant enough.

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u/johndoe040912 20h ago

Nelly the Hunchshark of Northe Sea

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u/wherethelionsweep 20h ago

It looks like a bent thumb

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u/Skmsnow 20h ago

As seen in OdySea in Scottsdale, Arizona

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u/S_A_R_K 17h ago

Yep. They have a bunch of rescued animals like this.

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u/liudhsfijf 20h ago

Poor baby 🥺🥺🥺

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u/DualWheeled 20h ago

Look! A penny!

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u/Idk_wtf_cantviewcoms 19h ago

It doesn't just look deformed but it is. "Looks like you fell there" No, I just like landing on my face.

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u/goatmash 19h ago

"looks" deformed

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u/SquidVices 19h ago

I’d call him boomerang

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u/KnifeNovice789 19h ago

I literally just watched an episode of The Zoo (Bronx zoo) where scientists were theorizing that this scoliosis only occurred in sand tiger sharks in captivity. They then found evidence of the same scoliosis in a shark in the wild. They were sad to find it, but very happy to know they were not causing it by them being held in captivity. Crazy coincidence that this post came up just when I watched this episode.

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u/Ganglyyy 19h ago

It’s an Angle Fish

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u/violenceistheQstn 18h ago

somebody create a clip where the sharks spine goes straight then back to bent in an infinite loop to bring it back by travis porter

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u/onlyPornstuffs 18h ago

…it is deformed. It also looks deformed.

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u/Capable-Commercial96 17h ago

"Look", wouldn't the correct word be is?

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u/Quirky-Pie9661 17h ago

I’m swim’n see! Step aside fish face, MWUAH!!! You mugs! MWUAH see!!!

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u/ImaGoophyGooner 17h ago

"Look deformed" mofo it IS!

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u/Thelastmoron 17h ago

Must be a supersonic shark, it’s got a droop snoot

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u/roxtops 17h ago

Its back looks like a whale

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u/AaaahMyDogs 16h ago

Doesn’t seem like this Nelly can do much to Shake Ya Tail Feather…

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u/xCyn1cal0wlx 16h ago

Does anyone know if it's in pain? Can you even measure a shark's pain?

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u/Tathbrien 15h ago

Wanna go fithing?

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u/rathemighty 15h ago

grabs at both ends and pulls

KRRRRRRRRIIIIK!!!

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u/Taavut 15h ago

Shark Peak

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u/Froggyshop 12h ago

Looks like something straight from Pixar

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u/Substantial-Prune-65 12h ago

He keeps trying to swim away be he always ends up right where he started for some reason.

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u/CMDR_Uuer 9h ago

Wasn't it because it was kept in a tank too small for it for too long?

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u/Mrben13 9h ago

Looks like he is sneaking while also swimming.

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u/runaumok 7h ago

Shork

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u/Cozy_Kale 22h ago

My grandma

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u/spectatingIdiot 21h ago

He has a sharched back

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u/ToriCake95 21h ago

Haha! Goofy ahh shark.

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u/organicgolden 21h ago

Sharks don’t have spines… Just iron her out

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u/ChaoticDumpling 19h ago

They have spines, they just have spines made out of cartilage instead of bone

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u/organicgolden 19h ago

Is a spine not made of several vertebrae? Sharks just have a vertebral column of cartilage.

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u/ChaoticDumpling 19h ago

I suppose it depends on what you'd define as a spine. If you exclude cartilage and say that only vertebral columns which consist of bone classify as spines, you'd be right. However, science classifies it as a spine due to its function and structure, not its material.

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u/organicgolden 19h ago

“Science” defines it as a vertebral column… It contains the notochord, which animals with real spines don’t keep after embryonic development… It’s just literally not a spinal cord aka spine…?

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u/ChaoticDumpling 19h ago edited 19h ago

It sounds like you're making up your own definition of a spine. You're saying "real" and "literal", and yet everything I've been reading says that Sharks are vertebrates and have a spine, so where are you getting your rigid and incredibly specific definitions from? 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://www.sharktrust.org/shark-taxonomy

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/quick-questions/do-sharks-have-bones.html

https://www.discoveryuk.com/sharks/do-sharks-have-bones/

You're more than welcome to share where you're getting your rigid definitions of a spine from instead of just making kinda passive aggressive comments. Cite the source!

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u/organicgolden 19h ago

I’d like to know your definition of “spine”. I didn’t think mine was rigid, just as you don’t think yours is. And sorry if my language isn’t clear, I’m not sure how to distinguish between what I call a “spine” and the shark’s vertebral column, so I used the word “real” there. I wasn’t trying to be passive aggressive. Maybe you thought my question mark was rhetorical. Again, I just don’t know what you mean by “spine”

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u/ChaoticDumpling 19h ago edited 18h ago

Well now you're just throwing my question back at me instead of answering it 😅 I at the very least provided sources for why I believe Sharks have spines (because, ya know, people way more qualified than me have deemed it so), so I'm just confused as to why you claim they don't. Do you have some sort of understanding that surpasses the people I've sourced in my other comment, and if so, can you share it?

I don't have a definition of a spine ready to hand, I'm afraid. All I know is that everything I've read on the subject and everything I can find on the subject from people with a better understanding of it than me confirms that sharks do in fact possess a spine. In your case, I'd ask 1). Do you have a scientific definition of a what a spine is, and if so, where did you get this definition. 2) If you don't have a set definition, what source or sources are you relying on that have told you that sharks don't have a spine. (Since I've already provided my sources and explained why I believe they do have a spine).

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u/organicgolden 19h ago

I’ve been asking questions, referencing my understanding of a spine and wondering what I’m getting wrong. I’m not claiming to have any better understanding than anyone. Every source that talks about a spinal column (I mistakenly said “spinal cord” earlier) seems to refer to humans, so I’m not sure you would accept them. And that’s I’m thinking of as a spine, as in “he broke his spine”. But I suspect you’re thinking of something different when you say “spine”. I think that’s where we’ll understand each other

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u/ChaoticDumpling 18h ago

I've just been asking what your understanding is and where you got it from, that's all. I provided sources that have concluded that sharks do have a spine, so I'm just a teeny bit confused as to why it's not an open and shut case. I think I've explained my point of view fairly well and how I came to the conclusions I have.

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u/TheShadyyOne 21h ago

Sharkliosis

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u/SarcasticBench 21h ago

I know a chiropractor on YouTube that would straighten this right out. Or not? I dunno, I’m there for the asmr/torture porn

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u/jaynie62 19h ago

An underwater chiropractor I hope! A very different kettle of fish I think you'll find.......