Smart About Sharks

Smart About Sharks — page 1

Smart About Sharks — page 2 — Contents What are Sharks All Fins Considered 6 8 10 Eat Prey Hunt 12 14 16 18 A Bite to Eat Making a Meal of Things Safe to Go Back in the Water Social Life 20 To Scale 22 24 26 28 Little and Large And the Award Goes To Weird and Wonderful Hammer and Tail 30 Congratulations It’s a Shark 32 34 36 Shark Mythology Plenty More Fish in the Sea Index

Smart About Sharks — page 3 — What are Sharks Sharks are a group of fish that don’t have any bones in their bodies Their skeletons are cartilage which is what the tips of our nose and ears are made of Home Sweet Home Sharks are found in nearly every ocean on the planet The type of place where an animal lives is called a habitat Shark habitats range from the bustling coral reefs to the vast open oceans Silky sharks from above

Smart About Sharks — page 4 — Nom Nom All sharks are carnivores which means they only eat meat They aren’t too picky either eating fish seals dolphins turtles crabs squid sea birds and tiny sea creatures called zooplankton The varied diet of sharks Uncharted Waters It is only through new technology that we can properly begin to study the oceans and the wonderful creatures that live there We still have a lot to learn and discover But for now let’s don our wetsuits race to the water’s edge and dive beneath the surface Get ready to explore the exciting world of some of the most successful underwater hunters on Earth and become Smart About Sharks

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