Sentences with phrase «sharks reach sexual maturity»
The whale sharks reach sexual maturity at age 30 then they are able to mate and reproduce.
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Also shocking: the researchers estimate that the sharks live at least a century before they reach sexual maturity.
Greenland sharks can live upward of 500 years, reaching sexual maturity around 150.
Like other sharks and large rays, whale sharks likely have small litters of pups and are slow to reach sexual maturity.
Sharks take years to reach sexual maturity and, unlike most other fishes, produce small numbers of young, making them particularly vulnerable to overfishing.
The female of the great white shark only reaches sexual maturity at 12 years of age and has few offsprings.