http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2013.0057<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today’s Wild Fact is actually on an extinct animal that lived about 270 million years ago. The Helicoprion garnered some media attention today (February 27, 2013) as a new study was published that explains the mystery of their incredible buzz-saw jaw. Cool Things About The Helicoprion Their entire lower jaw is composed of a whorl of teeth, which acts as a “buzz-saw” Believe it or not the Helicoprion was long believed to be a Shark (and I thought Jaws was scary), however, the recent study has found evidence that suggests this large creature is actually part of the Ratfish\u00a0family Shark <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,4024],"tags":[348,3592,3593,3595,3591,4025,3594,464,296],"yoast_head":"\n
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