 Hunting close to the sea floor , the bignose shark feeds on bony and cartilaginous fishes , and cephalopods . It is viviparous , meaning the embryos are sustained to term via a placental connection . Females bear litters of three <unk> pups after a 10 @-@ month gestation period . Despite its size , this shark lives too deep to pose much danger to humans . It is caught incidentally by commercial fisheries in many parts of its range ; the meat , fins , skin , liver oil , and offal may be used . The International Union for Conservation of Nature presently lacks enough information to assess the global conservation status of this species . However , the various fishing pressures within its range are cause for concern given its slow reproductive rate , and it may have already declined in the northwestern Atlantic and elsewhere . 
