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Species like oceanic whitetip, threshers, hammerheads, and sand tiger sharks — all considered threatened by the IUCN — are particularly vulnerable.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
And, brother, are there a lot of varieties — hammerhead shark, walking shark, whale shark, tawny nurse shark, pajama shark, pelagic thresher, tiger shark, tasselled wobbegong shark, puffadder shy shark, baby shark, mommy shark and daddy shark, to name but a few.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Visitors can see the operations of the thresher and the simple mechanics used to separate grain from chaff.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
The New England Aquarium has a team of nine scientists in the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life who study sharks — from porbeagle and nurse sharks to thresher, blue, mako, sandbar, and sand tiger sharks.
More than 15 shark species reside in New England waters depending on the time of year.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
And, brother, are there a lot of varieties — hammerhead shark, walking shark, whale shark, tawny nurse shark, pajama shark, pelagic thresher, tiger shark, tasselled wobbegong shark, puffadder shy shark, baby shark, mommy shark and daddy shark, to name but a few.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Visitors can see the operations of the thresher and the simple mechanics used to separate grain from chaff.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
The New England Aquarium has a team of nine scientists in the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life who study sharks — from porbeagle and nurse sharks to thresher, blue, mako, sandbar, and sand tiger sharks.
More than 15 shark species reside in New England waters depending on the time of year.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
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“Thresher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thresher. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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thresher
noun
thresh·er
ˈthrash-ər 
ˈthresh-
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a
: a person who threshes
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