SAWFISHES

  •  The sawfish not only uses its saw-like snout to stir up the seabed in search of food, but if it passes a shoal of fish, it uses it to impale its prey.
  •  They have an elongated snout of almost 2 m (6 ft), which is studded with strong tooth-like projections. Adult sawfishes can be up to 6 m (20 ft) long.
  • Common name for cartilaginous rays that are less broadly flattened than most rays. 
  •  Sawfishes give birth to live young, rather than laying eggs.

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