Time to celebrate toothy, finned, and leather-skinned sharks during shark week. The Discovery Channel's annual week of shark programming kicks off on July 24th. We've put together a list of shark epithets. Which of these wonders is the strangest? Right here, we have your answers.
The whale shark is the largest shark in the world. According to the World Wildlife Fund, these filter-feeders grow to be around 40 feet long and weigh around 9 tons. They eat plankton.
There are many whale sharks in the world. They give birth to live young, but scientists don't know much about their rituals or birthing behaviors. Scientists don't know why sharks sometimes dive as deep as 6,000 feet (1,800 m), a behavior that has only started to be tracked in the last decade.
The dwarf lanternshark is found on the other side of the size spectrum. The dweller is only about 20 cm long. It swims at depths between 928 and 1,450 feet below the sea surface. The shark has not been seen in other areas.
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The dwarf lanternshark has light-emitting organs that help it hide. In shallow water, the gentle glow blends in with the sunlight that filters down from the ocean surface.
The group of lanternsharks are strange. The viper dogfish is a relative of the dwarf lanternshark and has a light up belly.
The mako shark is a fast shark. The shark can swim at speeds of up to 50 km/h and can burst out at speeds of up to 76 km/h. The mako uses their speed to hunt fish. They jump out of the water at a rate of at least 10 feet. The sharks may jump into fishing boats in an attempt to get away from the hooks.
A mako can grow to be up to 13 feet long and can be found in the tropics. The mako is considered to be vulnerable due to over-fishing.
The longest-lived animal is the shark. A study done in 2016 shows that the sharks were between 272 and 512 years old, making them the oldest shark in the world. The shark's trophy for longevity in animal species with backbones is secured even if the estimate is uncertain.
The National Ocean Service says that the only sharks that can survive the cold of the ocean all year are the Greenland sharks. When you live long enough, all those centimeters add up. The sharks can grow to be more than 18 feet from nose to tail.
There is a whale shark. This peaceful creature holds the record for largest shark and is the winner of the trophy for farthest migration. A female whale shark has been tagged in Panama. She showed up near the Marianas Trench after eight hundred and forty one days.
The researchers wrote that whale sharks with tags have been tracked across thousands of miles and have traveled 41.6 miles a day.
There are sharks in the ocean. The Portuguese dogfish is a small shark that grows to about 3 feet long. According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, these sharks are benthic and live on the ocean floor.
The Portuguese dogfish have 98 teeth and are used by deep-sea hunters to catch fish and squid.
By now, it should be clear that sharks are not the same as one another. As in any family, they have some real odd ones. The pig fish snorts like a hog when pulled from the water. The pocket shark is similar to a sperm whale. The wobbegong sharks look like shag rugs due to their ragged sensory organs.
The frilled shark is the strangest shark in the ocean. These fossils have been around for 80 million years. They have long, eel-like bodies that can grow to about 6 feet long, and they've been fishing in the deep sea since before the dinosaurs died out. frilled sharks are rare because they live so deep. Maybe it's a good thing that they have rows of backward teeth.
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