Salmon Sharks in GURPS

Lamna ditropis

The salmon shark is named after its favorite food - salmon. It often follows schools of salmon, gorging itself in this active, fatty fish. The flesh of the salmon shark is often tinted orange from its diet. It is also known to eat other fish and squid. The salmon shark is known to migrate from Alaska to California.

This shark's preference for salmon has earned it the enimnity of salmon fishermen with whom it competes for food. The large size and predator habits of this shark make it potentially dangerous, but it does not seem aggressive towards humans if unprovoked. There are no confirmed cases of attacks on humans by salmon sharks, possible reports of attacks by this species may be due to confusion with the great white shark.

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