Basking shark

The basking shark is a species of widemouthed sharks that live in various saltwater oceans of Thanator B. being a slow shark many assumed that it is still a filter feeder on Thanator B but it us deceptively carnivorous and unlike its earth version has to eat nearly all day making it a hypervore. this puts this predator into the Tanker class of creatures due to its slow moving swimming and thick squishy skin. their usual length is up to 7.9 meters long making it a real long shark.

## Biology

They possess the typical shark lamniform body plan and have been mistaken for great white sharks. The two species can be easily distinguished by the basking shark's cavernous jaw, up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in width, longer and more obvious gill slits that nearly encircle the head and are accompanied by well-developed gill rakers, smaller eyes, much larger overall size and smaller average girth. Great whites possess large, dagger-like teeth; basking shark teeth are much smaller 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) and hooked; only the first three or four rows of the upper jaw and six or seven rows of the lower jaw function. In behaviour, the great white is an active predator of large animals and not a filter feeder.

Other distinctive characteristics include a strongly keeled caudal peduncle, highly textured skin covered in placoid scales and a mucus layer, a pointed snout—distinctly hooked in younger specimens—and a lunate caudal fin. In large individuals, the dorsal fin may flop to one side when above the surface. Colouration is highly variable (and likely dependent on observation conditions and the individual's condition): commonly, the colouring is dark brown to black or blue dorsally, fading to a dull white ventrally. The sharks are often noticeably scarred, possibly through encounters with lampreys or cookiecutter sharks. The basking shark's liver, which may account for 25% of its body weight, runs the entire length of the abdominal cavity and is thought to play a role in buoyancy regulation and long-term energy storage. despite these features we haven't revealed how it eats large prey which happens to be without teeth until now. whenever they encounter large prey they take in a deep breath and turn their whole throat and mouth into a whirlpool which clocks in at a spin speed of 190 miles per hour which only works under water surprisingly. this vortex is done by its new Suction lung which allows it to use additional air which draws in prey like a vacuum and the food pipe itself can stretch to an enormous 3.8 meters which seems to be its maximum stretch limit. much like a crocodile however it manages to digest the bones and even some equipment human divers may have during an encounter.

## Moveset

Moveset: Growl(An intimidation move where the shark bellows and potential predators will get startled by the pressure of the voice), Aqua tail(An offensive move which can be used below and above water where the shark will make a high concentration of water around its tail using hydrokinesis and slam it into the enemies it faces which seems only common with other sharks, below water it looks like a bunch of quick bubbles but above makes it look like a swishing tail made of water molecules), Astonish(an intimidation move which only occurs against predators where it suddenly turns and makes a loud bellow which likely could cause a stun if not aware), Boomburst(a ranged vocal move where the shark will bellow as loud as it can to cause crushing sound waves and water waves to burst the eardrums and rupture the organs of ranged prey and predators), Vacuum mouth(A unique move which allows the shark to inhale a medium or small target with its vacuum lung).

## Discovery

The basking shark was discovered in 2212 when another diving mission was under way and the divers found a basking shark which usually was harmless so they got near it but 3 divers got engulfed by its vacuum mouth leaving only 5 remaining. they video taped the whole thing and scrambled to the surface with the footage which caused the scientists to seek a dead specimen for analysis.

## Trivia

the basking shark's tongue is sharper than a cat's tongue