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![🔥 Whale sharks have dermal denticles (tiny teeth-like scales) on their eyes which protect them from abrasion. They can also pull their eyes back into their heads. It is hypothesized that these 🔥 Whale sharks have dermal denticles (tiny teeth-like scales) on their eyes which protect them from abrasion. They can also pull their eyes back into their heads. It is hypothesized that these](https://preview.redd.it/q1ja5a2bn1851.jpg?auto=webp&s=fe6a25c7e4114efc23da9903cb5a0823dfc4a266)
🔥 Whale sharks have dermal denticles (tiny teeth-like scales) on their eyes which protect them from abrasion. They can also pull their eyes back into their heads. It is hypothesized that these
![Close up of shark eye and dermal denticles or placoid scales on skin of shark. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias, Squalidae). Natural pattern texture, New Zealand (NZ). Stock photo from New Zealand (NZ). Close up of shark eye and dermal denticles or placoid scales on skin of shark. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias, Squalidae). Natural pattern texture, New Zealand (NZ). Stock photo from New Zealand (NZ).](https://www.naturespic.com/i/35209OL00_w.jpg)
Close up of shark eye and dermal denticles or placoid scales on skin of shark. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias, Squalidae). Natural pattern texture, New Zealand (NZ). Stock photo from New Zealand (NZ).
![Close up of dermal denticles or placoid scales on skin of shark. Keeled spines on scales reduce hydrodynamic drag . Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias, Squalidae). Natural pattern texture, New Zealand (NZ). Stock Close up of dermal denticles or placoid scales on skin of shark. Keeled spines on scales reduce hydrodynamic drag . Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias, Squalidae). Natural pattern texture, New Zealand (NZ). Stock](https://www.naturespic.com/i/35215OL00_w.jpg)