Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives For around 455 ...

Sharks and rays are fishes with skeletons made of cartilage. Their egg cases are sometimes referred to as mermaid’s purses, and occasionally as Devil’s purses. The egg is a capsule that contains a ...

These washed-up shark eggs are sometimes called mermaid's purses and can easily be mistaken for a piece of seaweed. The size will vary between different shark species, but Lavigne said that they ...

After several months, they hatch and a full-grown shark or skate emerges. The discarded egg cases (also known as "mermaid's purses"), that once held so much life, often wash up on beaches when empty.

In 1989, scientists in Australia found a curious kind of "mermaid's purse" – a leathery egg case, which some species of sharks lay instead of giving birth to live young. The empty egg cases had ...

Each of the hundred or so pouches, known as mermaid purses, is the temporary home of a baby deep-sea skate — a spade-shaped fish related to rays and, more distantly, sharks. Their flat ...

Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives For around 455 ...