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Is that shark ticking? In a first, a shark is recorded making noise

When handled, a small crustacean-munching shark from New Zealand clacked its teeth together

A grayish-brown shark with white spots along it's back swims across a black background.

This small shark, called a rig or smoothhound, could be the first shark documented to make deliberate sounds.

Paul Caiger/University of Auckland

By Susan Milius

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