Size:
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5 to 8 feet
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Weight:
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Unknown
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Food Sources:
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Flounders, shellfish, crustaceans
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Habitat:
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Bottom dwellers, prefering sand bottom
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Locations:
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Gulf of Mexico
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Interesting Facts:
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Looks more like a Stingray than a shark
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| ANGEL SHARK |
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| ANGEL SHARK |
BASKING SHARK
Size:
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Up to 50 feet (32 feet typical)
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Weight:
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4 to 6 tonnes
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Food Sources:
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Plankton, seaweed and small fish
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Habitat:
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Open water, Feed in shallow waters
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Locations:
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Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
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Is a filter feeder and can filter 2000 tonnes of water per hour.
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| BASKING SHARK |
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| BASKING SHARK |
Size:
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213 cm (7 ft) max
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Weight:
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14 kg (30.9 lbs) max
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Food Sources:
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Small fish, mollusks and crustaceans
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Habitat:
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Tropical waters and reef areas
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Locations:
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All tropical waters worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
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Usually hunt small fish in schools
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| BLACKTIP REEF SHARK |
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| BLACKTIP REEF SHARK |
BLUE SHARK
Size:
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Average 6 to 8 feet, biggest 10.5 feet
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Weight:
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250 to 500 pounds
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Food Sources:
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Mainly small fish and squid
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Habitat:
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Shallow reef areas
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Locations:
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Temperate and subtropical waters
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Interesting Facts:
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Often attacks and eats smaller sharks
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| BLUE SHARK |
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| BLUE SHARK |
BRAMBLE SHARK
Size:
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Up to 3.1m (10 feet)
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Weight:
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Up to 300 pounds
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Food Sources:
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Small sharks, boney fish, and crabs
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Habitat:
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Prefers deep water, 20m to 900m depth
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Locations:
|
Warm waters around the equator
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Interesting Facts:
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Very rare shark, little is known about the Bramble
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| BRAMBLE SHARK |
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| BRAMBLE SHARK |
BROADNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK
Size:
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Roughly 10 feet (3m)
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Weight:
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Unknown
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Food Sources:
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Sharks, rays, fish, seals, and carrion
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Habitat:
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Deep waters, up to 135m
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Locations:
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Temperate areas
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Interesting Facts:
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Has 7 gill slits (sharks normally have 5)
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| BROADNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK |
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| BROADNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK |
BRONZE WHALER SHARK
Size:
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3 to 3.5m (aound 10 feet)
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Weight:
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Up to 300kg
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Food Sources:
|
Schooling fish, squid
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Habitat:
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Shallow reefs, beaches
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Locations:
|
subtropical seas
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Interesting Facts:
|
Have attacked humans many times
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| BRONZE WHALER SHARK |
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| BRONZE WHALER SHARK |
BULL SHARK
Size:
|
Up to 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
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Weight:
|
230 kg (507 lb)
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Food Sources:
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Almost anything. mainly rays, turtles and birds
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Habitat:
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Bays, reefs, muddy rivers, often inland
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Can swim in fresh water, very aggressive due to the highest testosterone levels found in an animal
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| BULL SHARK |
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| BULL SHARK |
CARPET SHARK
Size:
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Varies
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Weight:
|
Varies
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Food Sources:
|
Small fish, squid
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Habitat:
|
Sandy bottom and reef
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Carpet sharks have two dorsal fins, without spines, and a small mouth that is forward of the eyes
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| CARPET SHARK |
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| CARPET SHARK |
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| CARPET SHARK |
CAT SHARK
Size:
|
Typically, 60cm to 70cm - max recorded 4m
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Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Invertebrates and smaller fish
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Habitat:
|
Shallow reef and rocky bottom floors
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Locations:
|
Warmer waters worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Has cat-like eyes and two small dorsal fins set far back
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| CAT SHARK |
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| CAT SHARK |
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| CAT SHARK |
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| CAT SHARK |
COOKIE CUTTER SHARK
Size:
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50 cm (20 in)
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Weight:
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Unknown
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Food Sources:
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Whales and large fish
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Habitat:
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Depths of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
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Locations:
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Worldwide in deep water
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Interesting Facts:
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To eat, the Cookiecutter attaches itself to a large fish and spins 360 degrees taking a piece of flesh
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COOKIE CUTTER SHARK
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COOKIE CUTTER SHARK
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FRILLED SHARK
Size:
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Up to 2m
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Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
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Other sharks, squid, and bony fish
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Habitat:
|
Depths of 120 m to 1,300 m
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Locations:
|
Deep waters worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Looks like an Eel!
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| FRILLED SHARK |
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| FRILLED SHARK |
GANGES SHARK
Size:
|
Average around 2m
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Weight:
|
200kg
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Food Sources:
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Mainly small fish
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Habitat:
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Freshwater rivers and lakes only
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Locations:
|
India and Pakistan
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Interesting Facts:
|
Very endangered species, very little is known about the Ganges Shark
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| GANGES SHARK |
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| GANGES SHARK |
GOBLIN SHARK
Size:
|
Largest caught 12.6 feet
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Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Jacopever, octopuses and crabs
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Habitat:
|
Deep waters up to 1200m
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Rarely seen, looks like a Goblin
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| GOBLIN SHARK |
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| GOBLIN SHARK |
GRAY REEF SHARK
Size:
|
Up to 2.5m
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Weight:
|
200-300kg
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Food Sources:
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Reef fishes, squids, octopus
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Habitat:
|
Warm shallow reefs
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Locations:
|
From the Red sea to the easter islands
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Interesting Facts:
|
Not an aggressive shark
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| GRAY REEF SHARK |
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| GRAY REEF SHARK |
GREAT HAMMERHEAD SHARK
Size:
|
4 to 6m (6.1m largest recorded)
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Weight:
|
Around 230kg (500lbs)
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Food Sources:
|
Small sharks, rays and sting rays, squid and bony fish
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Habitat:
|
Warm waters around continental shelves
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Locations:
|
Worldwide in coastal areas
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Interesting Facts:
|
Largest of the hammerhead shark species
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| GREAT HAMMERHEAD SHARK |
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| GREAT HAMMERHEAD SHARK |
Size:
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Average 5m, largest 8.5m
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Weight:
|
Up to 1900kg
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Food Sources:
|
Smaller sharks, turtles, dolphins, and pinnipeds such as seals and sea lions
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Habitat:
|
Cold waters, continental shelves
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Locations:
|
Mainly cold waters around Australia, in South Africa and California
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Interesting Facts:
|
Great White sharks often migrate from South Australia to South Africa every year
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| GREAT WHITE SHARK |
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| GREAT WHITE SHARK |
Size:
|
8ft to 14ft (21ft longest ever measured)
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Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Fish, seals and carrion
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Habitat:
|
Underneath ice in deep waters (up to 2000m)
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Locations:
|
Greenland and Polar regions
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Interesting Facts:
|
Greenland shark is poisonous when fresh. Flesh must be fully boiled before eating.
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| GREENLAND SHARK |
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| GREENLAND SHARK |
GREY NURSE SHARK
Size:
|
3.2 m (about 10' 6")
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Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Smaller fish, rays and small sharks
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Habitat:
|
Coastal waters, at depths of 10-60 metres
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Locations:
|
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans
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Interesting Facts:
|
The Grey Nurse Shark was almost hunted to extinction by Australian spear fishermen
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| GREY NURSE SHARK |
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| GREY NURSE SHARK |
LEMON SHARK
Size:
|
1.5 to 2m
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Weight:
|
Up to 180kg
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Food Sources:
|
crustaceans, octopuses, stingrays, guitarfish, cowfish, seabirds
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Habitat:
|
shallow water, grassflats, reefs
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Has the best eye sight of all shark species
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| LEMON SHARK |
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| LEMON SHARK |
LEOPARD SHARK
Size:
|
7 feet (2 m)
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Weight:
|
Up to 150kg approx.
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Food Sources:
|
worms, mollusks, crustaceans, octopuses, and small fish
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Habitat:
|
Muddy bays and estuaries
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Locations:
|
West coast USA
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Interesting Facts:
|
Leopard sharks hunt in packs
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| LEOPARD SHARK |
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| LEOPARD SHARK |
Size:
|
Around 4.5 m (14.6 ft)
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Weight:
|
Up to 750 kg (1,650 lb)
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Food Sources:
|
Plankton and jellyfish
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Habitat:
|
Deep Water
|
Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
In the 30 years since its discovery only 35 Megamouth specimens have been caught or sighted.
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| MEGAMOUTH SHARK |
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| MEGAMOUTH SHARK |
Size:
|
1.2 m (4 feet)
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Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Shrimp
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Habitat:
|
Deep waters, 200+m
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Locations:
|
Gulf Area
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Interesting Facts:
|
Very little is known or documented on this species
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| Mustelus Hacet Shark |
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| Mustelus Hacet Shark |
PORBEAGLE SHARK
Size:
|
3.7 m (12 feet)
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Weight:
|
160-250 Kg (350-550 pounds)
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Food Sources:
|
bony fish like mackerel, herring lancetfish and sauries
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Habitat:
|
Coastal waters up to 700m
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Locations:
|
Spead worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
It is one of the fastest sharks
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| PORBEAGLE SHARK |
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| PORBEAGLE SHARK |
PRICKLY SHARK
Size:
|
Maximum 4m
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Small sharks, octopus, squid
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Habitat:
|
depths between 11 to 425 meters
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Locations:
|
Pacific, including Taiwan, New Zealand, Hawaii, California and Chile
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Interesting Facts:
|
None
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| PRICKLY SHARK |
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| PRICKLY SHARK |
SANDBAR SHARK
Size:
|
Males 6ft, females 7 to 8ft
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
finfish rays, bottom dwelling animals, seabirds and turtles
|
Habitat:
|
Coastal waters
|
Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Its dorsal fin is triangular and very high, and weighs as much as 18% of the shark's whole body
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| SANDBAR SHARK |
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| SANDBAR SHARK |
Size:
|
Up to 2m
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Bony fish, shrimp, squids, and crustaceans
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Habitat:
|
Depths of 40m and below
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Locations:
|
waters from South Africa to Australia and Japan
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Interesting Facts:
|
Saw sharks have blade-like snouts edged with teeth, which they use to slash and disable their prey
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| SAW SHARK |
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| SAW SHARK |
SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD SHARK
Size:
|
Up to 4.3m
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Weight:
|
Up to 150kg
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Food Sources:
|
Squid, sardines, mackerels and herrings
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Habitat:
|
Warm temperate and tropical waters
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Often referred to as Scalloped Hammerhead, Bronze Hammerhead, Kidney-headed or Southern Hammerhead
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| SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD SHARK |
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| SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD SHARK |
SCHOOL SHARK
Size:
|
Up to 6ft long
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Bony fish
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Habitat:
|
Deep waters 550 m (1,800 ft)
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Locations:
|
Western Atlantic: southern Brazil to Argentina
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Interesting Facts:
|
None
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| SCHOOL SHARK |
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| SCHOOL SHARK |
SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK
Size:
|
9-13 feet (2.75�4 m)
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Weight:
|
up to 1750 pounds (800 kg)
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Food Sources:
|
Bony fish, small sharks, eels, turtles
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Habitat:
|
Tropical waters
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Mako embryo in the female's body literally consume each other to get nutrients. Makos can jump up to 20 feet in the air.
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| SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK |
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| SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK |
SILKY SHARK
Size:
|
2.4 to 3.3m (3m average)
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Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Bony fish, turtles, eels, rays
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Habitat:
|
Coastal 1 to 500m depths
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Locations:
|
worldwide in tropical and warm temperate (> 23�C)
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Interesting Facts:
|
Females grow 15% bigger than males
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| SILKY SHARK |
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| SILKY SHARK |
SMOOTH DOGFISH SHARK
Size:
|
Average 1.2m
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Weight:
|
12 to 50kg
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Food Sources:
|
lobsters, shrimp, and crabs, as well as small fish and mollusks
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Habitat:
|
bays, and other inshore waters of depths to 18m
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Mainly a scavengar, but occasionally predator
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| SMOOTH DOGFISH SHARK |
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| SMOOTH DOGFISH SHARK |
SPINY DOGFISH SHARK
Size:
|
Up to 107cm in length
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Weight:
|
Varies
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Food Sources:
|
small fish and invertebrates
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Habitat:
|
Reefs, shallow bays
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Known in England as "rock salmon"
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| SPINY DOGFISH SHARK |
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| SPINY DOGFISH SHARK |
SWELL SHARK
Size:
|
Up to 3m
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Large fish
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Habitat:
|
Deep waters 500+ metres
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Locations:
|
Pacific Ocean
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Interesting Facts:
|
Swells itself up with water to make it look larger to its predators
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| SWELL SHARK |
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| SWELL SHARK |
TAIWAN GULPER SHARK
Size:
|
1.5m
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
Small fish
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Habitat:
|
depths around 250 meters
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Locations:
|
Taiwan
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Interesting Facts:
|
None
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| TAIWAN GULPER SHARK |
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| TAIWAN GULPER SHARK |
THRESHER SHARK
Size:
|
3 to 7.6m (depending on type)
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Weight:
|
Up to 348kg
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Food Sources:
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Mainly schooling fish (such as bluefish, juvenile tuna, and mackerel)
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Habitat:
|
Inshore and continental shelves
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Locations:
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Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
Does not attack humans, however divers have been hit with the upper tail lobe
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| THRESHER SHARK |
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| THRESHER SHARK |
TIGER SHARK
Size:
|
average 3.25-4.25 meters (10-14 feet)
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Weight:
|
325-425 kilograms (850-1400 pounds)
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Food Sources:
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fish, squid, birds, seals, other sharks, and sea turtles
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Habitat:
|
coastal waters
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Locations:
|
tropical and sub-tropical waters
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Interesting Facts:
|
Is responsible for many FATAL attacks on humans
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| THRESHER SHARK |
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| THRESHER SHARK |
WHALE SHARK
Size:
|
12 meters (39 ft) - largest 59ft
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Weight:
|
Unrecorded
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Food Sources:
|
phytoplankton, macro-algae, plankton, krill or nektonic life
|
Habitat:
|
Deep, warm waters
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Locations:
|
Worldwide
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Interesting Facts:
|
The shark can circulate water at a rate up to 1.7 litres per second
|
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| WHALE SHARK |
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| WHALE SHARK |
WHITE TIP SHARK
Size:
|
140 to 160 cm, max reported length 244 cm
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
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Food Sources:
|
crustaceans, octopuses and fishes
|
Habitat:
|
Waters up tom 300m, mainly reefs
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Locations:
|
coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific
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Interesting Facts:
|
White tipped fins
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| WHITE TIP SHARK |
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| WHITE TIP SHARK |
WOBBEGONG SHARK
Size:
|
up to 3.2 m long
|
Weight:
|
Up to 80kg
|
Food Sources:
|
Small fish
|
Habitat:
|
Reefs and shelves
|
Locations:
|
Worldwide
|
Interesting Facts:
|
Very aggressive and territorial and often attacks divers
|
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| WOBBEGONG SHARK |
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| WOBBEGONG SHARK |
ZEBRA SHARK
Size:
|
about 11.5 feet long
|
Weight:
|
Unknown
|
Food Sources:
|
molluscs, crustaceans, and small fish at night
|
Habitat:
|
5 to 30m
|
Locations:
|
Western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
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Interesting Facts:
|
Also known as Leopard shark
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| ZEBRA SHARK |
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| ZEBRA SHARK |
