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| There are over 300 different types of Sharks. |
| The Great White Shark has around 3,000 razor sharp teeth and grow to be 20 feet long and weigh up to 7,000 lbs. The most deadly of all sharks the Great White can also stick its head out of water and look around, most likely for hunting seals. |
| The Whale Shark can grow up to 50 feet in length and have as much as 300 rows of teeth, but the teeth are as small as human baby teeth. It mainly eats small fish and plankton. |
| The fastest shark is believed to be the Mako Shark, which has been, clocked swimming at up to speeds of 60 mph |
| The smallest shark is the Dwarf Dog Shark it grows only 6 or 7 inches in length. It also lives and hunts in packs and has a mouth full of pointy teeth making it a dangerous sea predator. |
| The Angel Shark looks similar to a Stingray and also lays in the sand on the ocean floor waiting for its prey. Not a fast swimmer it grows to about 5 feet in length. |
| A shark's skeleton does not contain any bones and is entirely made up of cartilage |
| Sharks can hear sounds from up to 700 feet away. |
| A shark's sense of smell is extraordinary as it can smell its prey from up to a mile away by trailing microscopic particles of protein in blood. |
| Scientists believe that from fossils, ancestors of sharks existed 200 million years before the dinosaur or 400 million years ago. |
| Sharks are constantly producing teeth, most teeth last only eight days. |
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