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Ivory daggers in close-knit rows...
1 of 5: The full riddle is, "Ivory daggers in close-knit rows: How many victims? God only knows. Show me, Captain, these pearls, this bane, the cause of such misery, the cause of such pain."
2 of 5: The key here is the "ivory daggers".
3 of 5: What animal has "rows" of "ivory daggers"?
4 of 5: This describes the shark pretty clearly -- who also causes such misery and pain with those "pearly whites".
5 of 5: Select the shark teeth, among the pearls in the display case.