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1) The temperature of water influences the metabolisom and therefore the appetite of sharks.
2) Sharks retain urea, avoiding loss of water caused by the salinity of the sea.
3) Fertilization is internal in all species of sharks.
4) The bull shark can swim hundreds of miles in fresh water and is one of the most dangerous sharks.
5) Sharks must swim continuously so that the water can flow through its gills, allowing them to breathe.
6) Close to 40 million sharks are captured annually. A pound of dry shark fin costs about 50 dollars.
7) The whale shark, which weighs about 18 tons, has three rose of tiny teeth.
8) Shark bites can be fatal because of the loss of blood they cause.
9) The skin of the shark is similar to sandpaper and it is used as an abrasive to scrape and polish.
10) There were 62 shark attacks registered worldwide in 2006 - only 4 of those were fatalities.
11) When mating, male sharks bite the females often leaving deep scars.
12) A great white shark can break the shell of an adult turtle with a single bite.
13) South Africa was the first country to protect the white shark in 1991. Several species face extinction.
14) There have only been 11 fatal shark attacks in the US since 2000.
15) Some species of sharks are oviparous, others are viviparous and most are ovoviviparous.
16) A great white shark is able to sink small vessels like boats and small canoes.
17) Shark fin soup is renowned for its ahrodisiac qualities.
18) The lemon shark has a characteristic yellowish color. It is more than 9 feet long.
19) Hammerhead sharks are dangerous. Their teeth are very sharp and shaped like hooks.
20) Shark cartilage has various therapeutic properties.
21) During its life, a white shark can grow thousands of teeth.
22) The nurse hound shark attacks all types of fish but has a preference for herrings.
23) The female shark experiences an increased voracity during gestation.
24) You have a higher chance of being struck by lightning that being bitten by a shark.
25) When they bite, white sharks do not see their victims, because the nictitating membrane covers their eyes.
26) Sharks will compete with and attack eachother during a feeding frenzy.
27) The tiger shark usually has a single pup due to the intrauterine cannabalism in the female's belly.
28) The Ganges shark lives both in fresh or salt water.
29) Male sharks fast during the mating period.
30) Shark's meat is edible and its price is reasonably close to that of other fish.
31) Sharks in general have several rose of teeth in both jaws.
32) Surpassing 15 ft. in length, the great white shark does not hesitate to attack people.
33) Sharks are vertebrates that belong to the Chondrichthyes class.
34) The most dangerous species of sharks are white, tiger, bull, hammerhead, gray and blue.
35) The nurse shark or cat shark can be recognized by the short barbells between its nostrils.
36) The basking shark measures over four feet at birth.
37) The inner parts of the male shark's pelvic fins are called claspers and used for internal fertilization.
38) Female sharks do not care for their pups. The pups must fend for themselves from the moment they are born.
39) The shark's stomach has very powerful gastric juices.
40) Blue sharks are the most heavily fished shark in the world.
41) Not too long ago, shark fins were used to manufacture glue.
42) The greenland shark's flesh is poisonous when fresh.
43) A shark can eat enough food in one day to be able to go without eating for a month.
44) The nurse hound shark lays eggs that attach themselves to submarine vegetation.
45) The bull shark is responsible for multiple attacks against people in fresh water.
46) The bramble shark, a slow swimmer, lives on the bottom of the sea at depts of up to 900 meters.
47) The blue shark can cover the greatest distances of all sharks, averaging 3400 miles.
48) Peter Bentchley's book on which the film Jaws is based was inspired by 1916 in New Jersey.
49) The short fin makko female usually gives bith to a single cub after 24 months of gestation.
50) The spiral fold that sharks have in their intestines allows them to make better use of their food.
51) The skin of many species of sharks provides a very fine leather called shagreen of galuchat.
1) The temperature of water influences the metabolisom and therefore the appetite of sharks.
2) Sharks retain urea, avoiding loss of water caused by the salinity of the sea.
3) Fertilization is internal in all species of sharks.
4) The bull shark can swim hundreds of miles in fresh water and is one of the most dangerous sharks.
5) Sharks must swim continuously so that the water can flow through its gills, allowing them to breathe.
6) Close to 40 million sharks are captured annually. A pound of dry shark fin costs about 50 dollars.
7) The whale shark, which weighs about 18 tons, has three rose of tiny teeth.
8) Shark bites can be fatal because of the loss of blood they cause.
9) The skin of the shark is similar to sandpaper and it is used as an abrasive to scrape and polish.
10) There were 62 shark attacks registered worldwide in 2006 - only 4 of those were fatalities.
11) When mating, male sharks bite the females often leaving deep scars.
12) A great white shark can break the shell of an adult turtle with a single bite.
13) South Africa was the first country to protect the white shark in 1991. Several species face extinction.
14) There have only been 11 fatal shark attacks in the US since 2000.
15) Some species of sharks are oviparous, others are viviparous and most are ovoviviparous.
16) A great white shark is able to sink small vessels like boats and small canoes.
17) Shark fin soup is renowned for its ahrodisiac qualities.
18) The lemon shark has a characteristic yellowish color. It is more than 9 feet long.
19) Hammerhead sharks are dangerous. Their teeth are very sharp and shaped like hooks.
20) Shark cartilage has various therapeutic properties.
21) During its life, a white shark can grow thousands of teeth.
22) The nurse hound shark attacks all types of fish but has a preference for herrings.
23) The female shark experiences an increased voracity during gestation.
24) You have a higher chance of being struck by lightning that being bitten by a shark.
25) When they bite, white sharks do not see their victims, because the nictitating membrane covers their eyes.
26) Sharks will compete with and attack eachother during a feeding frenzy.
27) The tiger shark usually has a single pup due to the intrauterine cannabalism in the female's belly.
28) The Ganges shark lives both in fresh or salt water.
29) Male sharks fast during the mating period.
30) Shark's meat is edible and its price is reasonably close to that of other fish.
31) Sharks in general have several rose of teeth in both jaws.
32) Surpassing 15 ft. in length, the great white shark does not hesitate to attack people.
33) Sharks are vertebrates that belong to the Chondrichthyes class.
34) The most dangerous species of sharks are white, tiger, bull, hammerhead, gray and blue.
35) The nurse shark or cat shark can be recognized by the short barbells between its nostrils.
36) The basking shark measures over four feet at birth.
37) The inner parts of the male shark's pelvic fins are called claspers and used for internal fertilization.
38) Female sharks do not care for their pups. The pups must fend for themselves from the moment they are born.
39) The shark's stomach has very powerful gastric juices.
40) Blue sharks are the most heavily fished shark in the world.
41) Not too long ago, shark fins were used to manufacture glue.
42) The greenland shark's flesh is poisonous when fresh.
43) A shark can eat enough food in one day to be able to go without eating for a month.
44) The nurse hound shark lays eggs that attach themselves to submarine vegetation.
45) The bull shark is responsible for multiple attacks against people in fresh water.
46) The bramble shark, a slow swimmer, lives on the bottom of the sea at depts of up to 900 meters.
47) The blue shark can cover the greatest distances of all sharks, averaging 3400 miles.
48) Peter Bentchley's book on which the film Jaws is based was inspired by 1916 in New Jersey.
49) The short fin makko female usually gives bith to a single cub after 24 months of gestation.
50) The spiral fold that sharks have in their intestines allows them to make better use of their food.
51) The skin of many species of sharks provides a very fine leather called shagreen of galuchat.