The study employed micro-CT scanning—similar to the technology used in medical CAT scans—to scrutinize the vertebrae of common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus). Researchers examined the ...

A three-quarter view of a micro-CT scanned vertebral column segment and a single micro-CT scanned vertebra of a common thresher shark. In the thresher column, the frontmost vertebra is a ...

Firstly, all thresher sharks have a unique long tail. AZ Animals shares that their tail is "utilized to stun and kill prey." A common prey for the thresher shark is medium-schooling fish.