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  2. Shark - Wikipedia

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    The size of the olfactory bulb varies across different shark species, with size dependent on how much a given species relies on smell or vision to find their prey. [55] In environments with low visibility, shark species generally have larger olfactory bulbs. [ 55 ]

  3. List of sharks - Wikipedia

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    The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the oceans 400 million years ago, [1] developing into the crown group of sharks by the Early Jurassic. [2] Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...

  4. Great white shark - Wikipedia

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    Colloquial use favours the name 'great white shark', with 'great' perhaps stressing the size and prowess of the species, [23] and "white shark" having historically been used to describe the much smaller oceanic white-tipped shark, later referred to for a time as the "lesser white shark".

  5. Great Hammerhead Shark - AOL

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    Secondly, they are the smallest of the hammerhead shark species, and unlike most shark species, the males grow bigger than the females. ... Scoophead Shark (Sphyrna media) Size: 5 feet. Habitat ...

  6. File:Great white shark size comparison.svg - Wikipedia

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  7. Megalodon - Wikipedia

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    [41] [24] In comparison, large great white sharks are generally around 6 meters (20 ft) in length, with a few contentious reports suggesting larger sizes. [42] [43] [35] The whale shark is the largest living fish, with one large female reported with a precaudal length of 15 meters (49 ft) and an estimated total length of 18.8 meters (62 ft).

  8. They can be the size of great white sharks and they swim in ...

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    Shark research is hard to get funding for, in part, because sharks aren’t a commercial species. Yet the irony is that they affect commercial species, namely fish populations.

  9. File:Comparison of size of orca and great white shark.svg

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    English: Comparison of size of killer whale (Orcinus orca) and great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).This image assumes an average length of 4.6 metres for a great white shark (males measure 3.4 to 4.0 m (11 to 13 ft), and females measure 4.6 to 4.9 m (15 to 16 ft) on average), and 6.5 metres for a killer whale (males typically range from 6 to 8 metres (20 to 26 ft) and females from 5 to ...