. 25 Expensive Dental Bills
The average shark has 40-45 teeth and can
have up to seven rows of replacement teeth.
Because sharks lose a lot of teeth and grow
them back quickly, they often go through more
than 30,000 teeth in a lifetime.
24 Bad to the Bone
Sharks do not have a single bone in their bodies.
Their skeletons are made of cartilage.
23 Jam Packed
Hammerhead sharks are born with soft heads so
they won’t jam their mothers’ birth canals.
22 Not Your Mama’s Cookies
The Cookiecutter shark’s name stemmed from
its unusual feeding method. The sharks attaches
its mouth onto its victim and carves out a hunk of
flesh, leaving a circular wound in its prey that
resembles the hole a pastry cutter forms in
dough
21 Survival of the Fittest
The first tiger shark pup to hatch inside its
mother’s womb devours its unborn siblings until
only two pups remain, one on each side of the
womb.
20 Prehistoric
Sharks inhabited the earth 200 million years
before the dinosaurs appeared and have
changed only minimally during that time.
19 It’s a Man’s World
Despite the fact that an almost equal amount of
men and women swim in the ocean, men
account for nearly 90 percent of shark attack
victims.
18 Stomachs of Steel
Shoes, chairs, boxes of nails, drums, entire
bottles of wine, and the rear half of a horse are
just some of the many bizarre objects that have
been found in sharks’ stomachs over the years.
17 Knee Deep
About two-thirds of shark attacks on humans
have occurred in less than six feet of water.
16 What are the Chances?
About 30 people die during shark attacks each
year, which means you have a greater chance of
being killed by bee stings or struck dead by
lightning.
15 Putting Things in Perspective
For every human killed by a shark, two million
sharks are killed by humans.
14 Cancer Cure
Scientists study shark cartilage to research
possible cures for cancer because sharks rarely
ever develop cancer.
13 Whoa
A Great White shark weighing 2,664 pounds and
measuring almost 17 feet in length was the
largest fish ever caught with a rod and reel.
12 Adaptation
Bull sharks can live in both salt and fresh water
by regulating the substances in their blood.
11 Just Breathe
Most sharks must swim constantly to force
water through their mouths and over their gills
because they lack the ability to pump water over
their gills like the majority of fish.

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10 From Miniature to Massive
Measuring only seven inches long, the dwarf
lantern shark is the smallest shark in existence.
On the other hand, the whale shark is the world’s
largest shark. It can grow to be 50 feet long and
weigh more than 40,000 pounds.
9 Shark Repellant
The Moses sole is one of the rare fish sharks
cannot eat. When a shark bites into one, the fish
releases a chemical that causes the shark
release it. Scientists are currently attempting to
recreate this chemical so they can use it to repel
sharks from humans.
8 Straight as an Arrow
Native Americans in Florida used the teeth of
Great White sharks as arrowheads.
7 All the Better to Hear You With
A little known fact about sharks is that they have
an acute sense of hearing. Some sharks can
hear prey from up to 3,000 feet away.
6 It’s All in Your Head
Sharks’ ears are located inside their heads.
5 Rumor Has It
An ancient shark called Carcharodon Megalodon
(“rough tooth, big tooth”) had teeth measuring
more than six inches long (the largest shark
teeth ever found), jaws big enough to swallow an
entire car, and a body the same length as
tyrannosaurus rex. Some believe this shark may
still exist in deep water.
4 Not Picky Eaters
The tiger shark is the second-most dangerous
shark in the world and is sometimes referred to
as the “garbage can of the sea” because it will
eat anything. Remnants of a chicken coop filled
with bones and feathers were once discovered in
the stomach of a dead tiger shark.
3 Go Lay an Egg
Whale sharks lay the largest eggs of any animal
on land or in the sea. The largest whale shark
egg on record measured 14 inches in diameter.
2 Shark Bait Ooh Ha Ha
Some South Pacific islanders considered sharks
to be gods and offered human sacrifices to them
until as recently as the nineteenth century.
1 Thick Skinned
Shoes made from shark leather last four times
longer than regular leather shoes.

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