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Get excited for the 35th official Shark Week, from July 23 to July 29, with these shark facts. Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you Skip to ...
Even though great white sharks aren’t known to hunt people, attacks do happen. Four of the 10 fatal attacks in 2023 were done by great white sharks (one in California and three in Australia.)
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Shark culling is the deliberate killing of sharks by a government in an attempt to reduce shark attacks; shark culling is often called "shark control". [169] These programs have been criticized by environmentalists and scientists—they say these programs harm the marine ecosystem ; they also say such programs are "outdated, cruel, and ...
The bluntnose sixgill shark resembles many of the fossil sharks from the Triassic period. A greater number of Hexanchus relatives occur in the fossil record than are alive today. They have one dorsal fin located near the caudal fin. The pectoral fins are broad, with rounded edges. The six gill slits give the shark its name.
A team of scientists recently captured the elusive bluntnose sixgill shark, a deep-sea fish that has been on Earth before dinosaurs, ...
Sand sharks are not known to attack humans. If a person were to provoke a sand shark, it may retaliate defensively. Sand sharks are generally not aggressive, but harass divers who are spearfishing. In North America, wreck divers regularly visit the World War II shipwrecks to dive with the sharks that make the wrecks their home. [8]
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 .