1. By Krystal Teece & Nicole Kim
Cookie- Cutter Shark
By Krystal Teece
&
Nicole Kim

2. Cookie-Cutter
Common name: Cookie-cutter shark, also know as cigar shark or luminous shark
Scientific Name: Isistus brasiliensis

3. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Dalatiidae
Genus: Isistius
Species: I. brasiliensis

4. Size
Length: Up to 20 inches (50 cm) long. It is one of the smallest sharks.
Mass: Weighs up to 3.5 lbs

5. The Cookie-Cutter lives…
The Cookie cutter lives in the dark depths of the ocean. It can be found to depths of 11,500 ft (3,570m). At night, the cookie cutter ventures to the surface to feed, but spends its days in the depths
Range: Cookie cutter sharks live in the depths of all the oceans near the equator where the water is warm

6. The Cookie-Cutter Eats…
Cookie cutters bite chunks out of large billfish like marlins and tunas, large squid, seals, whales, dolphins, other sharks, and stingrays.

7. Facts
For up to Three hours after its death, the cookie cutter shark will emit a glow from its mouth.
Cookie cutter sharks are classified as parasites.
This shark has never been known to attack a person.