Here are some quick random shark facts you might find interesting. If you are a fan of Sharks, then you must know about Shark Week 2018, if not you should check out the live footage on YouTube for some great footage, you can also visit Discovery's website for all the recent shark week 2018 news and content.
Tiger Shark Facts
- Tiger Sharks are known as ‘The Wastebaskets of the sea’ as they are known to eat anything such as floating garbage (including license plates!).
- Along with the great white and bull shark, they are one of the 3 species that are mostly responsible for attacks on humans.
Whale Shark Facts
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The Whale Shark is the largest known fish
- The biggest ever was caught near Baba Island, Pakistan and measured 41.5ft, and weighed 21.5 tonnes.
- The biggest ever was caught near Baba Island, Pakistan and measured 41.5ft, and weighed 21.5 tonnes.
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Their markings are unique to each individual
- Just like our fingerprints! It makes identification much easier.
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Their diet consists of plankton such as krill, and occasionally small fish or crustaceans
- Circling the surface with their mouth wide open usually indicates high levels of food in the water
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50 Interesting Facts about Sharks
- Sharks live in every ocean on the planet.
- Sharks have eight orders of classification depending on their physical characteristics.
- Sharks are cartilaginous. What makes sharks different from fish is that their skeletons are made of cartilage instead of bone.
- Sharks are also different from bony fish because they have eyelids.
- Another thing that makes sharks different from fish is their scales. Sharks have dermal denticles also called placoid scales, which are smooth and help them move quickly through the water. Fish have flat, rough scales.
- Unlike fish, sharks can only swim forward. That is because their fins are stiff and cannot be controlled by muscles.
- Sharks stay buoyant because of their light weight cartilage skeletons. They also have really oily livers which helps them stay balanced in deeper waters.
- An average shark has 40-45 teeth in up to seven rows. Sharks lose teeth regularly and can go through 30,000 teeth in their lifetime.
- Sharks have been living in Earth’s oceans for 450 million years.