Fascinating Facts
Sharks have been living and hunting on Earth thousands of years before dinosaurs. Here are some cool facts you probably did not know about sharks.
- the Shortfin Mako can jump up to around 20 feet up into the air, also swimming at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, making it the fastest shark in the big blue.
- Oceanic White Tips hunt in packs at night, but seperate at day.
- The ancient Megalodon is believed to be 50-70 feet long, making it one of the largest predators unearthed in history! Good things they are instinct!
- The Blue shark almost broke the record of the fast swimming Mako.
- Great whites, Whale sharks, and Sand Tiger sharks can have up to 3,000 teeth in their mouth over the course of life.
- out of hundreds of different types of sharks, only a handful pose any threat to humans.
- the dusky shark can bite with 130 pounds of crushing force.
- a shark's nose has nothing to do with breathing.
- Sharks have 5-7 gill slits on their bodies.
- their has only been one or two sightings of a cyclops shark.
- The Blue shark can have a litter of 135 pups.
- yes, baby sharks are called pups.
- the smallest sharks are the pygmy, and dwarf lantern, only reaching 8-10 inches.
- The thresher shark's tail can grow to over 12 feet long.
- Sharks do sleep.
- Some sharks such as the lemon shark make live babies.
- Oceanic White Tips hunt in packs at night, but seperate at day.
- The ancient Megalodon is believed to be 50-70 feet long, making it one of the largest predators unearthed in history! Good things they are instinct!
- The Blue shark almost broke the record of the fast swimming Mako.
- Great whites, Whale sharks, and Sand Tiger sharks can have up to 3,000 teeth in their mouth over the course of life.
- out of hundreds of different types of sharks, only a handful pose any threat to humans.
- the dusky shark can bite with 130 pounds of crushing force.
- a shark's nose has nothing to do with breathing.
- Sharks have 5-7 gill slits on their bodies.
- their has only been one or two sightings of a cyclops shark.
- The Blue shark can have a litter of 135 pups.
- yes, baby sharks are called pups.
- the smallest sharks are the pygmy, and dwarf lantern, only reaching 8-10 inches.
- The thresher shark's tail can grow to over 12 feet long.
- Sharks do sleep.
- Some sharks such as the lemon shark make live babies.