19th Century Weapons Using Teeth of Extinct Shark Species Found
In the Pacific
Researchers have now found weapons that were made from the teeth of a shark species previously unknown to science.
The sharks were living in the Gilbert Island reefs in the Central Pacific about 130 years ago. The Gilbert Islands are a major part of the Republic of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean.
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“We’re losing species before we even know that they existed.”
So?