Top Ten Deadliest Sharks to
Humans
10. Lemon Shark
The Lemon Shark is ranked as #10 mostly due to it's sense of
sight. The average life span of a Lemon Shark is 40-50 years.
The average length of a Lemon Shark is 8-10 feet, the largest
caught on record was 12 feet. The Lemon Shark does not need
to swim constantly to survive. It will often lie on the sandy
ocean floor during the day. Lemon Sharks prefer warm, shallow
waters. Lemon Sharks have an "eyelid" called the nictitating
membrane which they can open and close at will. Generally
they remain open unless the shark is attacking, in which case it
is closed to help protect their eyes.
9. Blue Shark
Blue Sharks are #9 due to their
tenacity. Tenacity meaning persistent
in maintaining or adhering to
something valued or habitual.
Once a Blue Shark gets its mind set on
capturing something, it will not give
up until it succeeds.
Blue Sharks are an Endangered
Shark due to over-fishing.
They are found worldwide and have
an especially particular migration
pattern.
Blue Sharks can grow up to 12.5 feet.
The Atlantic Blue Sharks migrate
across the Atlantic Ocean each year,
following the warm Gulf Stream
waters on their eastward trip. They
travel a circuit from the Caribbean
Sea, along the coast of the U.S.A.,
east to Europe, South to the African
coast and back to the Caribbean.
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8. Hammerhead Shark
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The Hammerhead Sharks is #8 due to its
agility, and due to the form of its head, it
has an increased sense of vibration. Thus,
sensing other animals in its domain easier
than an average shark.
The Hammerhead swims in relatively
warm water along the coastlines, and they
generally live over the continental shelves
and the adjacent drop-offs in depths of up
to 260 feet (80m).
The Hammerhead Sharks off the coasts of
Hawaii are in danger every year. Every
year, approximately 100,000 tons of
sharks are caught in Hawaiian waters, and
another 150 metric tons are brought to
Hawaii from other Pacific locations. Of this
total, about 86% are killed only for their
fins (believed to be an aphrodisiac) and
like the Canadian Buffalo, the remaining
carcasses are discarded. A lot of the time
the sharks are dumped back into the
ocean half-dead.
7. Sand Tiger Shark
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The Sand Tiger Shark is #7 due
to its severe teeth.
In South Africa, Sand Tiger
Sharks are frequently called
'Ragged Tooth'.
In Australia, Sand Tiger Sharks
are frequently called Grey Nurse
Sharks.
Sand Tiger Sharks tend to be
found in masses around
shipwrecks and oceanic plane
crashes.
Sand Tigers on average grow to
be approximately 9 feet, and the
largest on record was 15 feet.
6. Grey Reef Shark
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The Grey Reef Shark is #6
due to its competitiveness.
In a large group of Grey
Reef sharks, a person must
be very careful. The tend to
fight over food, and have
even been known to attack
each other in mass feedings.
The sharks are copious in
the Great Barrier Reef. Grey
Reef Sharks are decreasing
in numbers, and are very
close to being put on the
Endangered Species list.
5. Shortfin Mako
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Shortfin Mako's are #5 due to
their agility and speed.
Mako's have been clocked at
30 mph, making them the
fastest shark in the ocean.
The average size of a Mako is
5-8 feet but they have been
seen up to 12 feet long.
Mako's are exceptional
jumpers, and have been seen
to out-jump Blue Marlins.
They are found worldwide in
temperate and tropical seas.
In many shark species, the
female shark is larger than the
male shark, and the Shortfin
Mako is one of these species.
4. Oceanic White Tip
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Oceanic White Tip Sharks are #4
due to their advanced sense of
smell. For some reason these
particular sharks have a more
advanced sense of smell than
most other sharks in the world.
White Tip's live in all open
oceans, and are abundant
around the world. They are
actually thought to be the most
abundant shark in the ocean,
which also makes them
dangerous.
3. Tiger Shark
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Tiger Sharks are #3 due
simply to the fact that they
will eat anything. Actually,
maybe eat is the wrong
word. Tiger Sharks will taste
anything that crosses their
path and looks like food.
On average they grow to be
around 10 feet, but have
been found up to 20 feet
long.
Tiger Sharks tend to stay
close to the Equator, but are
also found in some
temperate seas.
Tiger Sharks are also solitary
animals who generally only
get together to mate.
2. Great White Shark
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Great White Sharks re #2 due to the fact that they're legendary, and
do have the most human kills under their fins.
They are generally 12-16 feet, but have been found up to 23 feet long.
Great White's tend to be solitary animals, meeting only to breed.
They are also the only sharks other than Mako's which have been seen
jumping out of the water.
These large sharks have been found to come up from underneath an
animal such as a seal, and as it is catching its prey in its mouth, it
jumps out of the water. This is what has given Great Whites the
nickname 'Air Jaws'.
Great White's are a protected species along California, most of the
U.S.A., Australia and South Africa.
1. Bull Shark
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Bull sharks are #1 due to the fact
that somehow they can live in either
Salt Water or Fresh Water.
Following the discoveries of new
information about these
extraordinary animals, scientists
now also believe that many attacks
attributed to Great White Sharks,
probably we in fact Bull Shark
attacks.
The average male Bull Shark is
about 7 feet, and the average
female grows to be about 11.5 feet.
These sharks are also especially
dangerous because they tend to
stay close to shore, and have been
found in fresh water bodies
including the Mississippi River, the
Amazon River, Lake Nicaragua and
the Zambezi River.