SHARKS

FACTS ABOUT SHARKS

• There are more 456 species of sharks swimming in our oceans
• Most sharks tend to live for about 20-30 years
• Sharks eat things like fish, crustaceans, mollusks, plankton,krill, and other sharks
• Sharks have a very good sense of smell which lets them smell the blood of their prey
• Sharks migrate great distances and this helps them move through entire ocean basins

SHARKS AND PEOPLE

• Sharks rarely attack people
• You're 1000 times more likely to drown than getting killed by a shark
• Shark attacks average by 16 attacks only each year
• There is also less than 1 shark attack fatalities each year
• Between 10 million and 20 million shark die each year due to fishing

MORE FACTS ABOUT SHARKS

• The whale shark is the biggest shark around
• Th world's fastest shark is the Mako shark
• The world's most dangerous sharks are White, Tiger, and Bull
• The smallest shark is the dogfish shark

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