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New Zealand have 123 species of sharks.

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Sharks have been around 455 Million years

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a shark can hear up to 500 metres away

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They don't have bones they have cartilage. It's like tip of you ear and nose.

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the largest fish in the world is the whale shark, which can measure up to a massive 14 metres long.

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Some live alone and some live in schools, shoal and shiver.

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They can take care of themselves as soon as they are born.

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if they stop moving they will die because the if the doesn't water keeps moving over them gills

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Small Sharks love to feed on molluscs, squid, lobster and crabs

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The Bull and River sharks can live in fresh water and seawater.

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The smallest shark is a dwarf lantern shark which is 17cm in length.

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small sharks eat prey such as clams, molluscs, squid, lobster and crabs

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a sharks sense of smell is about 10.000 times stronger than humans sense of smell. Can smell a drop of blood from 400m

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did you know the food chain of a shark is a squid,fish,dolphin and smaller pray such as clams.

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Sharks has all kind of senses in the water. The sharks can smell blood from humans if they're bleeding to find food

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Only 12 Species of sharks have attacked humans.

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New Zealand has 112 species of sharks

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Did u know that sharks have a spine of bone and a skull. on there body.

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sharks attack people because they try to impress other sharks

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A baby shark is called a pup.

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sharks can be spotted in all five oceans Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern.

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On average sharks have between 50 and 300 teeth at any one time.

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most sharks live in the sea but not all sume like the reaf shark live in reafs

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great white sharks can swim up to 18mph

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shark skin feels similar to sand paper

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Sharks are born in  a cave .

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Eggs hatch inside the mother and then are born.

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sharks live in freshwater lakes and rivers.

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Some types of sharks can be deadly, only about 12 species have ever attacked humans. Actually shark attacks are very rare. There were more natural disasters that people died from rather than shark attacks.

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baby sharks need to swim fast because some mother try to eat them and even siblings attack them

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Sharks can have from 1 to 100 babies at a time, depending on the type of shark.

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Whatever method they use to breathe, sharks are able to engage in periods of deep rest while still.

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we can help sharks by not litter in the sea. And plastic.

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At birth a baby great white shark is already about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long.

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we can help sharks by not killing them

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Did you know that a sharks diet depends on what species it is and where they live.

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Sharks live in deep caves and in the sea

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The great white shark can swim up to 18-20 mph

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They have five gills and their skeleton bones are made of cartilage

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Great white sharks are one of the biggest sharks at birth it is 1-1.5 meters long and can grow up to 6 meters.

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chimaeras are small mysterious sharks that live in deep water

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by not going fishing near a deap sea and if you catch a baby shark you have to put it back in the sea so it can servive and not die

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different sharks live in the ocean, coral reefs and some polar sharks live under the Arctic ice.

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Telling the people to make this world a great and peaceful enviroment for all the sharks by not cooking them, disturbing them or littering in the fresh water or salt water.

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The skin of a shark looks smooth and shiny, but its made of hard grooved scales.

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You may have heard that a shark has five senses sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste but actually they have two more which are electroreceptors and lateral lines.

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sharks can eat there kind of sharks

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The eating habits of sharks are very different if you take into account the number of species that exist. The truth is that most sharks are carnivorous and efficient predators, although some others feed on plankton.

It depends on the type of shark as various species have different feeding habits. Shark feeding also depends on where they live because this is the main factor to define the kind of prey available.

Shark diet also adapts to survive. Some shark species may prefer certain types of prey, but when they are scarce, they adjust their eating habits to whatever is available.

Sharks aren't picky with their food sources. Some sharks have been known to eat items including coal, oil, trash, and clothing that finds its way into the water.

Sharks classification split into two groups according to their diet:

CARNIVOROUS SHARKS.

A carnivorous shark diet usually includes fish, mollusks, and crustaceans. Large species also consume marine mammals such as dolphins, seals, sea lions, and porpoises, as well as large fish species such as tuna, mackerel, and even smaller shark species. Some even extend their consumption to seabirds.

Some sharks are fussy with food and have specific preferences. For example, hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae family) feed almost exclusively on rays, while tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) prefer turtles and blue sharks (Prionace glauca) fancy for squids.

Carnivorous sharks are very skilled hunting and use multiple strategies to catch their prey. Large species can swallow an entire animal or tear them through mighty bites to take large chunks. Thresher sharks (Alopias), meanwhile, stun their prey with their tail and Sawsharks (Pristiophoridae) twist their catch inside the sand.

Many of the sharks that inhabit the ocean floor are predators that use ambush tactics or camouflage within their environment. Other benthic sharks only feed on crustaceans, which they kill by crushing them against their teeth. On the other hand, it is common for some species to hunt together, cooperating to achieve more substantial loot than if they were alone.

These are often the smaller species of sharks that don't need a huge volume of food to survive.

Hunting habits of sharks help to the survival of the fittest or the most adapted to the environment because sharks often make older, weaker or sick individuals their favorite target. In this way, the strongest survive, while the most vulnerable not.

Carnivore sharks have sharp teeth that allow them to cut their prey flesh quickly and even pierce the bones. Their teeth can be serrated or smooth and used to hold, cut or crush a victim according to the needs of each species. While white sharks have sharpened triangular tusks, the teeth of tiger sharks have jagged edges that facilitate the rupture of hard bodies of crustaceans.

PLANKTIVORE SHARKS

These sharks passively feed on plankton, and they do not meet the traditional idea we have about these animals. But it is true, and in fact, some of the larger sharks prefer plankton to meat. These include the whale shark (Rhincodon Typus), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios).

Their feeding strategy is a process of suctioning water and filtrating the food on it through long filaments similar to whale beards. Sharks catch the plankton in the filaments and swallow them when some quantity accumulates. In average, the peregrine shark filters every hour about 2 million liters of water from which it obtains only 2 kilograms of plankton. Their teeth are tiny, although present; they do not use it in the feeding process.

Strictly all sharks are carnivores to some degree. And although it sounds incredible, they only consume 0.5 to 3.0 percent of their weight daily, because their ability to chew is deficient and they need a lot of time to digest their food.

The digestive system of sharks is very different from that of mammals, and this is the reason for their slow digestion. They have a spiral valve inside a short section, and their intestines are very short. When food passes from the mouth to the stomach, it is stored in this last portion and thus begins the process of digestion. If the shark feels that ingested any bad food, it is not digested by the stomach, and then it is expelled through the mouth.

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HOW MUCH DO SHARKS EAT?

The amount of food that a shark eats each day depends on the type of shark it is.

Some Shark species will eat huge meals and then not eat again for weeks. They can survive on the oil that is stored in the liver when they do eat. When that gets low, they will have the instinct to eat again.

Sharks are cold-blooded, and that is the reason why sharks don't have to eat as much as most people think; this means their circulation is slowed down, and they can burn energy at a slower rate.

As you can see, sharks eat a variety of foods. While most of them are meat eaters, that is not the only thing they eat. For millions of years, the various species of sharks have been able to evolve. One reason for this is that they have eaten what is readily available as necessary to stay healthy and to be able to reproduce successfully.
Sources:
https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/sharks-and-rays/diet-and-eating-habits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark#Feeding

http://www.iucnredlist.org/

Animals, a visual encyclopedia. Second edition. Smithsonian 2012.

http://animaldiversity.org/search/?q=shark&feature=INFORMATION
BioExpedition Publishing © 2017.

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Most sharks are carnivorous and efficient predators, although some others feed on plankton. Facts and questions about sharks. What do Sharks Eat?

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most shark hunters kill sharks for there fins to make shark fin soup

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Mako sharks eat they pray by biting it and swallows it until there is nothing left of the pray.

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Sharks prefer to live alone while others live in groups called a school, shoul or shiver. They can easily be found in the five oceans around the world

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Some type of sharks eat different kind of fishes and other fishes. They eat small whales aswell or lobster, crab and clams

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sharks live in fresh water and sea water

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sharks live in fresh water and sea water

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different species  of shark live in different oceans depending
on the temperature of water. Most prefer warmer temperatures although polar sharks prefer colder water.

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Suddenly he smells fish blood. He follows the smell until he sees the dead fish. He swims closer and closer...

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In South Africa,South Australia and California are the the most popular places for cage diving with great white sharks.

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Rig sharks live in harbours. Right under your nose.

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Sharks are sought primarily for their fins (for shark fin soup) and their meat but also for their cartilage, liver and skin

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baby great white sharks are 5 meters long the great white

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there are more than 1250 species of sharks in the world. in New zealand we have 112 species of sharks.

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Mako sharks have beautiful teeth and claws.

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mako sharks has eight row and very sharp teeth.

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the mako shars have razor sharp teeth

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The great white is one of the largest sharks found in New zealand. At birth, a great white measures around 1.5 metres, but it can grow up six metres

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a way we can help and save sharks to not to litter in are oceans and don't hunt them  because we want them to survive because they will die and this is what will happen if we litter in the ocean.

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Sharks have very good eyesight.

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we can save sharks by volunteering for the coastal clean up

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Many sharks have different prey like larger sharks eat dolphins, sea lions and small whales and smaller sharks eat clams, molluscs, squid, lobster and crabs.

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Did you know that even though they eat dolphins they are actually afraid of them! Crazy right, so anytime when a shark eats or attacks a dolphin from it's group the rest of the group goes up to the sharks and hit them in the guts.