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Sharks are used in popular culture commonly as eating machines, notably in the Jaws novel and the film of the same name, along with its sequels. [121] Sharks are threats in other films such as Deep Blue Sea, The Reef, and others, although they are sometimes used for comedic effect such as in Finding Nemo and the Austin Powers series. Sharks ...
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 556 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...
Unprovoked attacks by sharks declined sharply in 2024, with 47 incidents logged worldwide, down 22 from the previous year and significantly below a 10-year average of 70, according to new figures ...
Shark attacks — particularly deadly ones — dropped substantially last year around the world, a new report shows. The latest iteration of the International Shark Attack File, a database run by ...
2024 was an "exceptionally quiet year" for shark attacks. But the U.S. still led the globe - again. See where the fatal attacks happened.
Sharks are split into eight orders: Carcharhiniformes: ground sharks, the largest order of sharks, including requiem sharks, catsharks, swellsharks, houndsharks, weasel sharks and hammerheads; Heterodontiformes: bullhead sharks; Hexanchiformes: cow sharks and frilled sharks; Lamniformes: mackerel sharks, including thresher sharks
OCEARCH tracks sharks to study their behaviors and migration patterns. Contender, named in honor of OCEARCH partner Contender Boats, is the largest male white shark the group has ever caught ...
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, [4] after the whale shark.It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark.