The common thresher gives birth to live young.

The common thresher is migratory, moving to higher latitudes following warm water masses.

If it is a valid species, A. latidens may the direct ancestor of the modern common thresher.

The range of the common thresher encompasses tropical and cold-temperate waters worldwide.

The common thresher is a fairly robust shark with a torpedo-shaped trunk and a short, broad head.

Many eyewitness accounts attest to the incredible power and control with which the common thresher directs its tail strikes.

An oft-repeated myth about the common thresher is that they cooperate with swordfish to attack whales.

Common thresher sharks are the target of a popular recreational fishery off Baja, Mexico.

The common thresher is distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate waters, though it prefers cooler temperatures.

Fossil teeth that have been assigned to the species Galeocerdo triqueter also appear to belong to the common thresher.

While any large shark is capable of inflicting injury and thus merits respect, the common thresher poses little danger to humans.

Despite its size, the common thresher poses little danger to humans due to its relatively small teeth and timid disposition.

There is an unsubstantiated report of a common thresher acting aggressively towards a spearfisherman off New Zealand.

Due to confusion with the common thresher, the distribution of the pelagic thresher may be wider than is currently known.

Indeed, the long-tailed or common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, is named the fox shark by some authorities.

Nakamura also separately illustrated and described a fetus, that Leonard Compagno later concluded was probably of a common thresher.

There is conflicting evidence on whether the bigeye thresher is warm-bodied like the common thresher (A. vulpinus).

The common thresher is a rather specialized predator feeding mostly on small schooling bony fishes of the open ocean, such as anchovies, herring, and mackerel.

The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BCE) wrote some of the earliest observations about the common thresher.

Based on an anatomical examination, Sepulveda et al. (2005) concluded that the pelagic thresher is unlikely to be warm-bodied like the common thresher.

Unlike the pelagic and bigeye threshers, the common thresher lacks an orbital rete mirabile to protect its eyes and brain from temperature changes.

The temperature inside the red muscles of a common thresher averages 2 C (3.6 F) above that of the ambient seawater, though there is significant individual variation.

The United States manages common thresher fisheries via regulations such as commercial quotas and trip limits, and recreational minimum sizes and retention limits.

The dark pigment above the pectoral fins, the rounded pectoral fin tips, and the absence of labial furrows separate this shark from the common thresher.

The sharks had become valuable due to their promotion as a substitute for the seasonally available common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus), and the development of new processing techniques.

Indeed, the long-tailed or common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, is named the fox shark by some authorities.

(The Rodney Fox Shark Experience has been relocated to Victor Harbor.)

"Fox shark" is the earliest known English name for the thresher shark, and is rooted in a belief from classical antiquity that it exhibits particular cunning.

The Fox Shark Research Foundation is endeavouring to expand our understanding of great white sharks, using the latest technologies and methods of research and working in collaboration with other scientific institutions.

I Map Shark victim turned shark advocate Rodney Fox promotes understanding of the much-maligned creature and its position in the delicate ocean ecosystem at Rodney Fox Shark Experience.

Rodney and Andrew Fox along with shark researcher Dr. Rachel Robbins, founded the Fox Shark Research Foundation (FSRF) which is devoted to the study and conservation of the great white shark.

It is also known by many other common names, including grayfish, green thresher, long-tailed shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swiveltail, thintail thresher, thrasher shark, and whiptail shark.