Top deadly Sharks
1. ANGEL SHARK:
- flat body like a stingray -- you can tell the shark is not a ray because the pectoral fins are not attached to the head.
- They bury themselves in the sand or mud with only the eyes and part of the top of the body exposed.
- They are bottom feeders, eating crustaceans like clams and mollusks and fish that are swimming close to the ocean floor
2. BASKING SHARK:- second largest shark (about 30 feet long and 8,000 pounds)
- filters plankton from the water using "gill rakers"
3. BLACKTIP REEF SHARK (Carcharhinus melanopterus):- does well in captivity so is often found in aquariums (which is why we have so many photos of them)
- grey with a black tip on its fins and white streak on its side
4. BLACKTIP SHARK (Carcharhinus limbatus):- Blacktip Sharks are different than Blacktip Reef Sharks (this confused me for quite some time)!
- They are usually about 5 feet long although the longest on record was about 9 feet long.
- during breeding season every February and March, around 10,000 congregate along the Florida coastline. It's like spring-break vacation for sharks!
5.BLUE SHARK:- about 12 feet long.
- sleek, tapered body
- among the fastest swimming sharks and can even leap out of the water
- diet consists mostly of squid, but it will eat almost anything
- considered dangerous - have attacked people
6.BULL SHARK:- third most dangerous to people
- can swim in salt and fresh water and have even been found in the Mississipi river.
7.COOKIECUTTER SHARK:- a small shark (less than 2 feet long)
- eats perfecty round chunks out of living whales and dolphins by clamping its teeth extremely sharp teeth onto them.
8.GOBLIN SHARK- very uncommon and likely the strangest looking shark (rarely seen the photos were actually taken in 1909)
- pale, pinkish grey skin with a long pointed snout (it looks a bit like a sword on top of its head)
- lives in very deep water.
- found off the coast of Japan in 1898... until that time it was believed to have been extinct for 100 million years
9.GREAT WHITE SHARK:- more attacks on people than any other type.
- averages 12 feet long and 3,000 pounds.
- unlike most sharks, it can lift its head out of the water.
10.HAMMERHEAD SHARK:- unlikely to attack people, but considered dangerous due to its predatory nature and its size (10 to 20 feet)
- eyes and nostrils are far apart, giving it a "hammerhead" appearance and allowing the shark to extend the range of its senses.
- their favorite food is stingrays. Luckily for the sharks, they're immune to the stingray's venom.
11.MAKO SHARK:- fastest swimmer (43 miles per hour)
- known to leap out of the water (sometimes into boats)
Nurse shark near Ambergris Caye, Belize
12.NURSE SHARK:
- bottom dwelling shark
- thin, fleshy, whisker-like organs on the lower jaw in front of the nostrils that they use to touch and taste
- hunt at night, sleep by day
- common at aquariums
its a big life threat for the humans in future
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