Mating scars among sharks: evidence of coercive mating?

Ritter, EK; Amin, RW

Ritter, EK (reprint author), Univ West Florida, Dept Math & Stat, 11000 Univ Pkwy,Bldg 4, Pensacola, FL 32514 USA.; Ritter, EK (reprint author), Shark Res Inst, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA.

ACTA ETHOLOGICA, 2019; 22 (1): 9

Abstract

On rare occasions, during mating season among sharks, mating scars' appear on female sharks' bodies caused by the males holding onto them. The low fre......

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