SHARK MYTH #2: ARE SHARKS ALL MAN-EATERS? Humans are not food for sharks. The sharks involved in incidents with humans are often hunting for similar-sized prey to humans, such as seals or dolphins. The majority of shark species actually eat fish or invertebrates, such as squid or clams. Do bullRead More →
Incredibly, sharks tend to ignore many other sharks. However, the Great White Shark will occasionally attack each other. Shockingly, this isn’t because they are blood-thirsty beings. It’s because the sharks are thought to keep them away from sharks being caught. Do sharks eat eachother? But other sharks practice cannibalism asRead More →
Sharks are classified as vertebrates, meaning they have a backbone. A shark’s backbone is not really made out of bone it is cartilage. Scientists consider sharks fish. Sharks are grouped under the category of fish called cartilaginous fish. Do sharks and relatives have vertebrae? Answer: Nope, the skeletons of sharksRead More →
Do kayaks attract sharks? No, sharks are not at all attracted to kayaks. Sharks are opportunistic feeders who feed mostly on fish and small invertebrates with the larger species feeding on seals, sea lions, and other large marine mammals. Do white sharks attack kayaks? A mature Great White has theRead More →
Baleen whale sharks are a group of whale shark descendants that had diversified into many different varieties of filter-feeding sharks. … Fortunately, all species of baleen whale sharks are gentle filter-feeders, feeding on nothing but plankton, krill, crustacean larvae, and small fish. Why do whale sharks have no teeth? TheyRead More →
The goblin shark feeds mainly on teleost fishes such as rattails and dragonfishes. It also consumes cephalopods and crustaceans, including decapods and isopods. Garbage has been recorded from the stomachs of some specimens. Do humans hunt goblin sharks? The Goblin Shark has an unusual hunting method. Due to the factRead More →
There are three ways that sharks are born: eggs are laid (like birds) eggs hatch inside the mother and then are born. pups sharks grow inside the mother (like humans) How do female sharks get pregnant? Shark reproduction happens through internal fertilization in all species of sharks. This is differentRead More →
We humans can typically hear sounds anywhere between 25 hertz up to an impressive 16,000 hertz. Finally, sharks do hear, although their hearing is different from ours. Sharks are better at hearing low vibrations than we are. Do sharks poop? Conclusion. Sharks do take a poop. Of course, they eatRead More →
In 2015, National Geographic scientists including explorer Brennan Phillips discovered a phenomenon that they never predicted: two species of sharks living inside the crater of an underwater active volcano. … (Humans, you see, cannot physically survive traveling inside an active volcano themselves.) Why do sharks live in volcanoes? There areRead More →
Captain Cottrell, one of the day’s heroes, declared he had caught the 230-pound, seven-foot bull shark at the mouth of Matawan Creek. Can sharks swim in creeks? Secondly, most sharks can only tolerate saltwater, or at the very minimum, brackish water, so freshwater rivers and lakes are generally out ofRead More →