Talk:Leopard shark

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 20, 2009.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the leopard shark (pictured) feeds on anchovies by swimming into their schools with its mouth open and waiting for them to accidentally enter?

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Triakis semifasciataLeopard shark – Common english names are the standard for species. The current disambiguation page is not necessary - it can be dealt with by a {{distinguish}} tag at the top of each of the pages Yomanganitalk 13:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Page moved. Flowerparty 02:08, 25 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Maximum size?

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What's the maximum size? 7 ft (2.12 m) or 71 inch (1.80 m)? Currently the article does contradict itself. --KnightMove (talk) 14:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Leopard shark (hound shark)Leopard shark — The recent change of Leopard shark to a disambig page is unnecessary; the name "leopard shark" is really only used for two species, Triakis semifasciata and Stegostoma fasciatum, and the latter already has a perfectly good (and unique) name, zebra shark, whereas T. semifasciata is known as "leopard shark" worldwide. There's no ethnocentrism here, because everywhere that S. fasciatum is known as "leopard shark", "zebra shark" is also accepted as an alternate name. Yzx (talk) 10:07, 18 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

I have taken the liberty of requesting the deletion of the disambig. page and reversing this rather odd move [3]. This is a speedier process than WP:RM. Rgrds. --Tombstone (talk) 16:52, 20 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

 Y Done by admin WereSpielChequers. --Tombstone (talk) 01:28, 21 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

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OK, I will begin a review and make straightforward copyediting changes as I go. Please revert if I inadvertently change the meaning. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

An active-swimming predator, groups of leopard sharks often follow... - a singular subject, then plural - looks odd --> need to make them the same. You can be creative.
Changed. -- Yzx (talk) 04:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
between sharks in different parts of its range. - ditto
Changed. -- Yzx (talk) 04:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
There are some other examples of singular and plural in the one sentence. Generally using singular looks best as a default option unless one is talking about a group of critters.
Could you be more specific? Which ones? -- Yzx (talk) 04:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
I'll find some. Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:05, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
In the northern parts of its range, females use bays and sloughs as nursery areas, while to the south they give birth in more open areas - (s/p/p)
Changed. -- Yzx (talk) 21:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
Leopard sharks are wary of humans and pose almost no danger. - This sentence has bugged me, but I can't for the life of me think of a smoother way to say it.

Overall, pretty good and nearly there. Have a go at singularising some of the sharks and I'll be back later to help out. Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Leopard sharks are wary of humans and pose almost no danger. - there are two problems:
  1. There is an expected indirect object, as in "... pose danger to something" (in this case, 'to humans', but the repetition reads even worse than the missing object).
  2. The second half of the sentence is a consequence of the first, but the bare conjunction "and" doesn't convey the causality.
The best I can suggest for the sentence is: Leopard sharks are wary of humans and so pose almost no danger. Sorry, that's not much help. --RexxS (talk) 16:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
Perhaps: Wary and quick to flee, leopard sharks pose almost no danger to humans.? -- Yzx (talk)

Maximum range

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I think the 'maximum range' of the shark needs to be updated. We seem to have them on the east coast of the Australia now. [4]. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 05:13, 25 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Please add class Vertebrata, see link: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Triakis_semifasciata/classification/ --Ͱερμες 12:20, 19 March 2019 (UTC)Reply