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Paul Cox, chief executive of the Shark Trust, said placing the blame on Jaws is “giving the film far too much credit." “The cases of shark population decline are very clearly fisheries ...
The grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, also called the ragged-tooth shark, is an elasmobranch and belongs to the odontaspididae (ragged-tooth) shark family. It can easily be recognized by its characteristic conical snout and under hung jaw. Both jaws are laden with sharp, long and pointed teeth.
Great white sharks have survived over 400 million years, but now they may be in deep trouble.
The bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to 20 ft (6.1 m) in length. [2] It is found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide and its diet is widely varied by region.
The shark spends most of its time in the upper layer of the ocean—to a depth of 150 m (490 ft) [3] —and prefers off-shore, deep-ocean areas. According to longline capture data, increasing distance from land correlates to a greater population of sharks. [ 5 ]
If you’re heading to the beach sometime soon, here are some things to keep in mind about shark attacks — including just how unlikely they really are. 'Jaws' Revisited: The Truth About Shark ...
One study off Santa Catalina Island found that over 13–25 hours, nine sharks together used only 1.5 km 2 (0.6 mi 2). A later, longer-term study found that the sharks' sporadic position changes covered as much as 75 km (47 mi) over three months, almost circling the island. Single individuals swam up to 7.3 km (4.5 mi) in a night. [10] [17]
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