Rare catch

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Real football fact · Nickname

Aldosivi · “Tiburón” (Argentina)

Aldosivi, a football club founded in 1913 in the port city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, are nicknamed "Tiburón", the Shark.

Source: Wikipedia

Fish tale

Most sharks have five gill slits, but this one has six, like a team that brings an extra sub. It lives very deep and only swims up near the top at night. In Argentina, the football club Aldosivi are nicknamed the Shark.

Island story

On Futbol Island the bluntnose sixgill shark can be caught at:

  • Drop-off Ledge: A rocky ledge on Summit Isle’s south-east shore, where the sand stops and the sea drops away into deep blue. Cod and haddock nose along the edge, and now and then a little shark patrols it.

Comes out at night.

Size on the island: 150–400 cm.

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