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Sharks are terrifying, but these little known facts might change your perception of these fascinating creatures. Credit: Various via Storyful Five Surprising Shark Facts [Video]
Two marine biologists share 10 shark facts for kids, as well as why shark attacks happen and why sharks are essential to human survival. Two marine biologists share 10 shark facts for kids, as ...
“The heaviest great hammerhead shark ever recorded weighed a whopping 1280 pounds.” The great hammerhead shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs ...
The value of shark fins for shark fin soup has led to an increase in shark catches where usually only the fins are taken, while the rest of the shark is discarded, typically into the sea; health concerns about BMAA in the fins now exists regarding consumption of the soup A 4.3-metre (14 ft), 540-kilogram (1,200 lb) tiger shark caught in Kāne ...
The milk shark has a slender body with a long, pointed snout and large eyes, and is a nondescript gray above and white below. This shark can be distinguished from similar species in its range by the long furrows at the corners of its mouth, and seven to 15 enlarged pores just above them.
The sandbar shark is one of the largest coastal sharks in the world, and is closely related to the dusky shark, the bignose shark, and the bull shark. Its dorsal fin is triangular and very high, and it has very long pectoral fins. Sandbar sharks usually have heavy-set bodies and rounded snouts that are shorter than the average shark's snout.
Nicknamed 'Deep Blue,' this great white is almost as long as the 22-foot-long boat the researchers were aboard near Guadalupe, Mexico, nearly 165 miles away from mainland. She is one of the ...
Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long or larger and is now sixty years old. She is believed to be one of the largest ever recorded in history. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla. Deep Blue was featured on the Discovery Channel's Shark Week.