Pacific angel shark is born in captivity
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A city aquarium has announced what it says is the first-ever birth in captivity of a Pacific angel shark, a sand-burrowing species resembling a ray that lives along the West Coast.
Because of the difficulty of feeding angel sharks, divers are hand-feeding the pup, said Reid Withrow, director of husbandry at Aquarium of the Bay.
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