Image Gallery: Cookiecutter Shark feeding scars

The Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark is named after the cookie-shaped wounds that it leaves on the bodies of larger animals. This gallery shows images of some of the larger animals that have been attacked by Cookiecutter Sharks.

Cookiecutter Shark bite on a Crested Bandfish Cookiecutter Shark bite on a Crested Bandfish
A Crested Bandfish caught off Coffs Harbour A Crested Bandfish caught off Coffs Harbour
Head of a beached Dwarf Sperm Whale Head of a beached Dwarf Sperm Whale
Dwarf Sperm Whale ashore near Palm Beach Dwarf Sperm Whale ashore near Palm Beach
Scarred Dugong Scarred Dugong
Dugong with Cookiecutter bites Dugong with Cookiecutter bites
Escolar caught near Eden, NSW Escolar caught near Eden, NSW
Fish with Cookiecutter Shark wounds Fish with Cookiecutter Shark wounds
Fraser’s Dolphin with Cookiecutter Shark bites Fraser’s Dolphin with Cookiecutter Shark bites
Fraser’s Dolphin wounded by a Cookiecutter Shark Fraser’s Dolphin wounded by a Cookiecutter Shark
Cookiecutter Shark bite on the body of a Goblin Shark Cookiecutter Shark bite on the body of a Goblin Shark
Cookiecutter Shark bite on a Goblin Shark Cookiecutter Shark bite on a Goblin Shark
Humpback Whale beached at South West Rocks Humpback Whale beached at South West Rocks
Head of a Humpback Whale showing cookiecutter shark bite scars Head of a Humpback Whale showing cookiecutter shark bite scars
Megamouth Shark with Cookiecutter Shark bite Megamouth Shark with Cookiecutter Shark bite
Rough-toothed Dolphin injured by Cookiecutter Shark Rough-toothed Dolphin injured by Cookiecutter Shark
Cookiecutter bite on Shortbill Spearfish Cookiecutter bite on Shortbill Spearfish
Swordfish with a Cookiecutter Shark bite Swordfish with a Cookiecutter Shark bite
Yellowfin Tuna with Cookiecutter Shark bites Yellowfin Tuna with Cookiecutter Shark bites
Cookiecutter Shark bites on Yellowfin Tuna Cookiecutter Shark bites on Yellowfin Tuna