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  2. Sharks in captivity - Wikipedia

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    Sharks living in cooler water have slower metabolisms than sharks in warmer water housings and therefore require less food. [7] The most common staple food provided to captive sharks in home aquaria is frozen fish. [7] The freezing process used to store foods for sharks often results in the food items losing nutrient value. [7]

  3. Images reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish

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    The researchers’ analysis revealed exactly how the killer whales, often hunting as a group, subdue the whale shark. First, the orcas use their bodies to hit a whale shark at high speed.

  4. Whale shark - Wikipedia

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    The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.

  5. List of threatened sharks - Wikipedia

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    [11] [13] Sharks are also killed for their flesh in Europe and elsewhere. [14] The 2007 film Sharkwater documents ways in which sharks are being hunted to extinction. [15] In 2009, the IUCN Shark Specialist Group reported on the conservation status of pelagic (open water) sharks and rays. They found that over half the pelagic sharks targeted by ...

  6. How can we stop sharks from going extinct? - AOL

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    While sharks sit near the top of the food chain in the ocean, their extinction would still have an effect on our life. Without sharks, the ecosystem would be thrown off, triggering changes to the ...

  7. Mega-shark extinction linked to whales' current size - AOL

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    A giant shark that was known as a megalodon use to terrorize the underwater world. Although the enormous sharks didn't make the evolutionary cut, researchers believe they still had a big impact on ...

  8. Captive orcas - Wikipedia

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    On average, an adult killer whale in the wild may eat about three to four percent of their body weight daily, [82] or as much as 227 kg (500 lb) of food for a six-ton male. Their diet in the wild depends on what is available, and may include fish, walruses, seals, sea lions, penguins, squid, sea turtles, sharks and whales. [83]

  9. Whale conservation - Wikipedia

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    [62] [63] Levels of pollutants in toothed-whale products are significantly higher than those of baleen whales, [64] reflecting the fact that toothed whales feed at a higher trophic level than baleen whales in the food chain (other high-up animals such as sharks, swordfish and large tuna show similarly high levels of mercury contamination). [65]

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