Meet the coolest sharks in town – nurse sharks! 🌊 Did you know they belong to the “Ginglymostomatidae ” family? Yeah, it sounds like a tongue twister, but it actually means “hinged mouth” in Greek. These slowpokes have a family reunion that includes the Atlantic nurse shark, the tawny nurse, and the shorttail nurse shark. Now, we get it – sharks usually give you the heebie-jeebies, but not these guys. Nurse sharks are like the chilled-out buddies of the shark world. They don’t go chomping on large fish or humans; in fact, they’re more likely to take a nap on the ocean floor. And guess what? They’re total night owls, cruising the coral reefs and sandy ocean floors when it’s pitch dark. But here’s the lowdown: Like just about every species of shark currently swimming in our oceans, nurse sharks are in danger of extinction. They’re currently listed as vulnerable, with their primary threats being death as bycatch (unintentionally netted or fished), overfishing, and pollution. As a group...