June 24, 2008: Saw What?

Sawfish on the left, and Sawshark on the right.
No, there is no Sawdolphins.

If I saw either one, I'd be walking on water, damn quick. :eek:

both have got to get nose jobs..

I never saw one of those before.

They have incompatible saw pitches..

Are sawfish a type of shark? They look so similar from underneath...

They both look like members of the KKK

Saw fish?
http://cellar.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18356&stc=1&d=1213881210

I see said the blind fisherman as he picked up his fish hook and saw.

Or not.

DanaC;464524 wrote:

Are sawfish a type of shark? They look so similar from underneath...

Nope, one's a fish and one's a shark.:headshake

A happy sawshark comes from a loving home.

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Father: Hammerhead dolphin
Mother: Circular sawshark

The shark is the one on the left, not right. They are especially strong since those long things on their noses are barbels.

Torpedoes! Los!

or saw-whet?

Looks like they are both frowning. But I guess if I had a head shaped like that I wouldn't smile much either.

Sharks are fish...

Oh, and they belong to the same family...

The sawfish & the sawshark are two different creatures. Did you know the sawfish have been known to swim up the Mississippi River? They can grow to be about 18-20 feet long

I wonder if they have teeth? Sure would hate to get bit by one. :eyebrow:

If you are swimming and you see a sawfish and a hammerhead Shark, you are screwed.

Sarasvati48;464613 wrote:

Sharks are fish...

No they're not. Sharks don't have bone. They only have cartilage. Fish have a skeltal structure. That's the main difference. There's also the fact that sharks must move forward at all times to pass water through their 'gill' area whereas fish don't.

Just because they live in the same environment doesn't mean they're the same creature.

Saying sharks are fish is like saying humans are snakes. Obviously there are some humans with snake-like characteristics, but they're still not snakes.

Diaphone Jim;464579 wrote:

The shark is the one on the left, not right. They are especially strong since those long things on their noses are barbels.

DJ is right. The one on the left goes by the scientific name Pristiophorus cirratus and is found in the waters around southern Australia’s outer continental shelf, and is endemic to that region.

There are a few different varieties of saw shark, but they all come from the Pristiophorus family. Lay people will often refer to a sawshark as a sawfish though, so it's possible that's where the confusion arises? You can see that the one on the left has the two longer prongs. That's what identifies it as a saw shark. The one on the right doesn't have them and the structure of the snout is different.

A shark is a fish. It is a cartilagenous fish. :D

But are they good with tarter sauce?

their little eyes are cute.

sort of.

if you squint.

Those aren't eyes, they're ports for the frickin laser beams. :eek6:

DucksNuts;464527 wrote:

They both look like members of the KKK

I was reminded of that too. And also of The Coneheads from Saturday Night Live.

The next in the sequence is posted on the WTF NSFW thread.
Saw arse.

[COLOR="Navy"][SIZE="3"]The Sawshark Redemption[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Brighter close-up of mouth

Tuna will croak if they stop swimming.

Gaudi's gaudy folly.
They sure don't look like shark teeth to me.....

Isn't that the latest module on the ISS?

No, it's the new WTC.

That is not appropriate humor. Some of us lost bids on the new WTC.