What do we know about:
sharks!
Sharks have sharp teeth
Sharks breathe under water
Sharks eat fish
There are lots of different types of sharks
Wobbegong shark
Tiger shark
Whale shark
Hammerhead shark
Hammerhead sharks are up to 20 feet
long!
Hammerhead shark
The whale shark is the biggest fish in the
sea!
It can weigh as much as three elephants!
The dwarf shark is much smaller!
It is as small as the palm of your
hand!
The great white shark is the deadliest
shark
It has 50 sharp teeth!
Sharks do not usually attack people but we
must not swim in waters where sharks have
been seen
Carpet sharks blend into the sea floor.
The Tiger shark is found in many tropical and
warm waters.
Sharks are very deadly. Most sharks
eat meat some eat seals, fish and
some eat plankton.
Hammerhead sharks gather
in large groups in breeding
season.
• After eating a large meal weighing 30kg, a
great white shark will not need to eat for
about another 45 days.
•
Hammerhead sharks are up to 20 feet
long!
Hammerhead shark
The Whale Shark is the
biggest shark in the sea.
Sharks are not made of bone.
They have cartilage instead of
bones for their skeleton. Some
sharks live for 100 years.
Sharks and rays are fish. Sharks
and stings rays belong in the
same fish family because they
both have cartilage instead of
bones. They are in the cartilage
group.
Sharks and rays are fish.
Unlike other fish, sharks are
warm blooded.
Sharks eat meat. The Great
white shark has 50 teeth.
Great white sharks eat
swordfish, smaller fish,
seals.
Bull sharks can go in fresh
water. Bull sharks are born
in fresh water. They live in it
for one year before going in
the sea.
The tiger sharks teeth are
strong and can crunch through
a turtle’s bones and shell. It is
called the ‘Tiger of the Sea.’
Most sharks do not lay eggs. They
give birth to live babies called
pups. Sharks skin is covered with
small tooth like scales.
Shark have no bones.
They have cartilage instead.
Some sharks live for 100
years.
The biggest great white shark was 7m long and
weighed about 3200kg. The bull shark swims up
large rivers such as the Amazon, and can be found
hundreds of kilometres from the sea. Spiny sharks
are pregnant for two years. The great white shark
gives birth to only one or two pups, but blue and
whale sharks can have more than 100 in one go!
The dogfish shark’s egg attaches itself
to rocks or seaweed so that it does not
float off into deep water.