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 * ... that male Arabian carpetsharks competing for a mate have been known to bite the claspers of their rivals?
 * ... that the porbeagle has been known to "play" with kelp fronds, pieces of wood, and fishing floats?
 * ... that the blind shark and the bluegrey carpetshark close their eyes when taken out of the water?
 * ... that male Arabian carpetsharks competing for a mate have been known to bite the claspers of their rivals?
 * ... that the whitefin, Cook's, Australian reticulate, spotted, leopard-spotted, painted, flagtail, speckled, saddled, and narrowbar swellsharks were all scientifically described in 2008, more than doubling the number of species in the genus Cephaloscyllium?