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Run.
Shark dragons tend to hoard massive amounts of copper, silver and other metal that they sense with their phenomenal electroreception. They do this for a variety of reasons: it allows them to always find their home, it serves as an effective and clear territory marker and it serves as a mating display. They raise their young, which are born without the dragon's characteristic venomous barbels, among their hoard, where they feed off of the various fish nearby.
When hunting or defending their young, they will use their extendable jaws to whip the extra-long barbels on said jaws into their opponent, paralyzing it. They will then smash it to pieces with their strong front fins and tail to allow them to suck it into their small mouth.
They can grow to tremendous sizes, some being estimated as over 160 feet long.
Long story short? If you stumble onto a large pile of rusted copper and tarnishing silver, run.
Run.
Shark dragons tend to hoard massive amounts of copper, silver and other metal that they sense with their phenomenal electroreception. They do this for a variety of reasons: it allows them to always find their home, it serves as an effective and clear territory marker and it serves as a mating display. They raise their young, which are born without the dragon's characteristic venomous barbels, among their hoard, where they feed off of the various fish nearby.
When hunting or defending their young, they will use their extendable jaws to whip the extra-long barbels on said jaws into their opponent, paralyzing it. They will then smash it to pieces with their strong front fins and tail to allow them to suck it into their small mouth.
They can grow to tremendous sizes, some being estimated as over 160 feet long.
Long story short? If you stumble onto a large pile of rusted copper and tarnishing silver, run.