Cookie Cutter Shark Bites with Heidy, our resident shark specialist and marine biologist. We don’t see many sharks on campaign, but when we do, it's a big deal. Our crew in Guadalupe Island captured some beauties. Guadalupe Island is one of the largest white shark sanctuaries in the world. Thank you Mexico for preserving this epic place. ***This research campaign is carried out in collaboration with CONANP under the agreement number: CONP/RPBCN/CONVENIOS/002/2020 . . . #sharkweek #sharks #biores

Don’t be fooled by its adorable name—the cookiecutter shark attacks by suctioning its lips to its victim’s flesh, spinning, and ejecting a cylindrical plug of flesh from its prey! Nat Geo Explorer Jessica Cramp reveals more about these small but mighty marine predators. Learn more about sharks in our Resource Library! 🦈 http://on.natgeo.org/6180z2vCs #SharkFest | National Geographic Education

Cookie Cutter Sharks might only get to be about 20" long, but their unusually-shaped and sized teeth leave almost perfectly circular shaped bite marks in their prey. | National Geographic TV