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When many think of sharks, they think of the movie Jaws or a dangerous man-eating fish. In reality, sharks is a large group of fish that includes very small to much larger fish. Some can be harmful to man and others are harmless. To delve into this interesting and diverse group of cartilaginous saltwater fish that have sharp teeth and a bad reputation, ask your questions in this category.

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What is the life cycle of the nurse shark?

After the egg is fertilized the developing young are encased in egg cases in the 2 uteri(plural of uterus) of the female shark. They hatch from the cases when they are around 55mm long. They are still in the uteri at this time and will feed off the unfertilized eggs and their own siblings for around 9 to 12 months. There is only 1 shark left in each uterus as all of the others have been eaten so 2 sharks are then born(there are 2 uteri). Their life span has only been worked out in captivity which is 25 years approx. This number will obviously be affected in the wild however nurse sharks rarely get eaten by other animals. The only time humans have been a threat to the nurse shark was when the street lamps in Sydney ran off the oil in and surrounding the livers of sharks. I haven't found out what age a female nurse shark can be fertilized at but i will edit it in if i do. I hope this helps if you haven't yet found the answer yourself. Callum

What ocean zone does the Blue Shark live in?

The Blue Shark typically inhabits the epipelagic zone, which is the uppermost layer of the ocean where there is sufficient light for photosynthesis. This zone extends from the surface to around 200 meters deep.

What are the electromagnetic sensors on a sharks nose called?

they are called: Ampullae of Lorenzini. These clusters of sensors are connected to small jelly like tubes through pores on the skin.

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How old can sharks get?

The number of Goblin sharks is unknown. It is a rare deep-sea shark that is found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. In April 2003, around 100 were caught around Taiwan after an earthquake in the area. Adults are rarely seen. Data seems to indicate the population is stable.

When did people start killing sharks?

People have been killing sharks for thousands of years, mainly for their fins, teeth, and other body parts. However, shark hunting became more widespread and commercialized in the 20th century with the rising demand for shark products like shark fin soup.

Why is shark fining bad?

Shark finning is detrimental because it involves removing a shark's fin and discarding the rest of the body at sea, often leading to the shark's death. This practice is unsustainable and threatens shark populations, disrupting marine ecosystems. Additionally, sharks play a crucial role in maintaining the health of oceans.

What is a sharks defenses against predators?

While small sharks are vulnerable to predators, larger sharks are big enough that they often go unchallenged by most ocean predators. They all defend themselves with sharp teeth, and they have a very tough hide covered with tiny scales that are very difficult to get through. Sharks can also swim fast if they need to escape.

How fast does a lemon shark go?

Lemon sharks can swim at speeds of up to 24 miles per hour (39 km/h). They are known for their agility and are capable of moving quickly to catch prey or avoid predators.

What is the name of a group OS sharks?

the name of a group of sharks is a school or shoal.

How do you know a shark is dead?

One way to determine if a shark is dead is by checking for movement or breathing. If the shark is no longer moving, responsive, or showing signs of breathing, it may be deceased. However, it is recommended to approach cautiously and seek professional assistance to confirm its status.

How long is the spined pygmy shark?

The spined pygmy shark typically grows to a length of around 22 cm (8.7 inches) as an adult. It is one of the smallest shark species in the world.

Which is the largest species of sharks?

The spined pygmy shark. 15 cm long. Lives only in deep water. Attracts prey with it's own luminescence ( it glows in the dark)

Are there any sharks in the Baltic?

Yes, there are sharks in the Baltic Sea. The most common shark species found in the Baltic Sea is the porbeagle shark. However, shark populations in the Baltic Sea are relatively low compared to other seas due to the sea's colder temperatures and lower salinity levels.

Wobby gong shark?

It seems like you may have misspelled the words "wobby," "gong," and "shark." Could you please provide more context or clarify your question so I can assist you better?

How long can sharks go without eating?

Sharks can typically go several weeks to months without eating, depending on the species and environmental conditions. Some species, like the great white shark, have been known to go up to three months without food.

Turtles are vertebrates or invertebrates?

Turtles are vertebrates because they have an internal skeleton with a backbone (vertebral column).

For more information on vertebrates and invertebrates see related questions.

Sharks are members of what classification?

Because they eat other living organisms, which is an animal charcteristic, and they have a vertabrae, also an animal charateristic, and they have many cells with a nucleaus and organelles, another animal charcteristic, and they move, which is yet another charcteristic almost all animals share.

They are not minerals or plants. The three classifications are plants, animals or minerals. So they fall under animals.

What is a tetrapod?

A tetrapod is a vertebrate animal with four limbs. "Tetra" means "four" and "pod" means "foot".

Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all tetrapods; even snakes and other limbless reptiles and amphibians are tetrapods because they descended from animals which had four limbs. Whales and other cetaceans are also tetrapods because they are mammals have two front limbs and the two hind limbs are vestiges.

Do sharks have pitch black eyes or does it just seem that way?

great white sharks roll there real eyes back and when they attack they turn black

The eyes actually do not roll back, a protective membrane covers them making it look that way.

What is a good name for a shark?

A good name for a shark is Bruis,dude and duke!

What are the example of sharks?

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GULF CATSHARK ASYMBOLUS VINCENTI CORAL CATSHARK ATELOMYCTERUS MARMORATUS COLCLOUGHS SHARK BRACHAELURUS COLCLOUGHI BLIND SHARK BRACHAELURUS WADDI BLACKNOSE SHARK CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS SILVERTIP SHARK CARCHARHINUS ALBIMARGINATUS GRAY REEF SHARK CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS BRONZE WHALER SHARK CARCHARHINUS BRACHYURUS SILKY SHARK CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMISGALAPAGOS SHARK CARCHARHINUS GALAPAGENSIS BULL SHARK CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS SMALL BLACKTIP SHARK CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUSOCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS BLACKTIP REEF SHARK CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS DUSKY SHARK CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS CARIBBEAN REEF SHARK CARCHARHINUS PEREZISANDBAR SHARK CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS SANDTIGER SHARK CARCHARIAS TAURUS GREAT WHITE SHARK CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS GREAT WHITE SHARK CARCHARODON CARCHARIASPORTUGUESE DOGFISH CENTROSCYMNUS COELOLEPIS LONGNOSE VELVET DOGFISH CENTROSCYMNUS CREPIDATER DRAUGHTSBOARD SHARK CEPHALOSCYLLIUM ISABELLUM WHITEFIN SWELL SHARK CEPHALOSCYLLIUM SP. A BLOTCHY SWELL SHARK CEPHALOSCYLLIUM UMBRATILE SWELL SHARK CEPHALOSCYLLIUM VENTRIOSUM ARABIAN BAMBOO SHARK CHILOSCYLLIUM ARABICUM GRAY BAMBOO SHARK CHILOSCYLLIUM GRISEUM WHITESPOTTED BAMBOO SHARK CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM BROWNBANDED BAMBOO SHARK CHILOSCYLLIUM PUNCTATUM FRILL SHARK CHLAMYDOSELACHUS ANGUINEUS SEAL SHARK DALATIAS LICHA SOUTHERN STINGRAY DASYATIS AMERICANA SMOOTH STINGRAY DASYATIS BREVICAUDATA BLUESPOTTED MASKRAY DASYATIS KUHLIIBLUNTNOSE STINGRAY DASYATIS SAY OMAN MASKED RAY DASYATIS SP. BIRDBEAK SHARK DEANIA CALCEA BULLS-EYE ELECTRIC RAY DIPLOBATUS OMMATA SOUTHERN LANTERN SHARK ETMOPTERUS GRANULOSUS TASSELED WOBBEGONG EUCROSSORHINUS DASYPOGONTIGER SHARK GALEOCERDO CUVIER SCHOOL SHARK GALEORHINUS GALEUS NURSE SHARK GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM FREYCINETS EPAULETTE SHARK HEMISCYLLIUM FREYCINETI HALLSTROMS EPAULETTE SHARK HEMISCYLLIUM HALLSTROMI EPAULETTE SHARK HEMISCYLLIUM OCELLATUM HOODED EPAULETTE SHARK HEMISCYLLIUM STRAHANI SPECKLED EPAULETTE HEMISCYLLIUM TRISPECULARE SHARPNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK HEPTRANCHIAS PERLO HORN SHARK HETERODONTUS FRANCISCI CRESTED BULLHEAD SHARK HETERODONTUS GALEATUS JAPANESE BULLHEAD SHARK HETERODONTUS JAPONICUS MEXICAN BULLHEAD HETERODONTUS MEXICANUS PORT JACKSON SHARK HETERODONTUS POTUSJACKSONIGALAPAGOS BULLHEAD SHARK HETERODONTUS QUOYI BLUNTNOSE SIXGILL SHARK HEXANCHUS GRISEUS BLUNTNOSE SIXGILL SHARK HEXANCHUS GRISEUS PINK WHIPTAIL HIMANTURA FAISHORTTAILED ELECTRIC RAY HYPNOS MONOPTERYGIUM SHORTFIN MAKO ISURUS OXYRINCHUS MANTA RAY MANTA BIROSTRIS MEGAMOUTH MEGACHASMA PELAGIOS BENTFIN DEVIL RAY MOBULA THURSTONI LESSER ELECTRIC RAY NARCINE BRASILIENSISCORTEZ ELECTRIC RAY NARCINE ENTEMEDOR TASMANIAN NUMBFISH NARCINE TASMANIENSIS JAPANESE NUMBFISH NARKE JAPONICATAWNY NURSE SHARK NEBRIUS FERRUGINEUS SICKLEFIN LEMON SHARK NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS LEMON SHARK NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS BROADNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK NOTORHYNCHUS CEPEDIANUS SMALLTOOTH SANDTIGER ODONTASPIS FEROXJAPANESE WOBBEGONG ORECTOLOBUS JAPONICUS SPOTTED WOBBEGONG ORECTOLOBUS MACULATUS ORNATE WOBBEGONG ORECTOLOBUS ORNATUS WESTERN WOBBEGONG ORECTOLOBUS SP. WARDS WOBBEGONG ORECTOLOBUS WARDI PRICKLY DOGFISH OXYNOTUS BRUNIENSIS RUSTY CARPET SHARK PARASCYLLIUM FERRUGINEUMNECKLACE CARPET SHARK PARASCYLLIUM VARIOLATUM FEATHERTAIL STINGRAY PASTINACHUS SEPHEN THORNBACK RAY PLATYRHINOIDIS TRISERIATA BLUE SHARK PRIONACE GLAUCA COMMON SAWSHARK PRISTIOPHORUS CIRRATUS WHALE SHARK RHINCODON TYPUSATLANTIC GUITARFISH RHINOBATOS LENTIGINOSUS GRAYSPOT GUITARFISH RHINOBATOS LEUCOSPILUS SHOVELNOSE GUITARFISH RHINOBATOS PRODUCTUS GIANT SHOVELNOSE RAY RHINOBATOS TYPUS PACIFIC COWNOSE RAY RHINOPTERA STEINDACHNERISCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD SHARK SPHYRNA LEWINI GREAT HAMMERHEAD SHARK SPHYRNA MOKARRAN BONNETHEAD SHARK SPHYRNA TIBURO GOLDEN HAMMERHEAD SPHYRNA TUDES SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD SHARK SPHYRNA ZYGAENA SPINY DOGFISH SQUALUS ACANTHIASSHORTNOSE SPURDOG SQUALUS MEGALOPS SHORTSPINE SPURDOG SQUALUS MITSUKURII AUSTRALIAN ANGEL SHARK SQUATINA AUSTRALIS PACIFIC ANGEL SHARK SQUATINA CALIFORNICAJAPANESE ANGEL SHARK SQUATINA JAPONICA ZEBRA SHARK STEGOSTOMA VARIUM COBBLERS WOBBEGONG SUTORECTUS TENTACULATUS BLUESPOTTED RIBBONTAIL RAY TAENIURA LYMMAMARBLED RIBBONTAIL RAY TAENIURA MEYENI BLACKSPOTTED TORPEDO RAY TORPEDO FUSCOMACULATA MARBLED TORPEDO RAY TORPEDO MARMORATA ATLANTIC TORPEDO RAY TORPEDO NOBILIANA PANTHER TORPEDO RAY TORPEDO PANTHERA SPOTTED TORPEDO RAY TORPEDO SINUSPERSICI OCELLATED TORPEDO RAY TORPEDO SP.1CARIBBEAN TORPEDO RAY TORPEDO SP.2 WHITETIP REEF SHARK TRIAENODON OBESUS LEOPARD SHARK TRIAKIS SEMIFASCIATASTRIPED STINGAREE TRYGONOPTERA OVALIS SPARESLY-SPOTTED STINGAREE TRYGONOPTERA PAUCIMACULATUS KAPALA STINGAREE TRYGONOPTERA SP. COMMON STINGAREE TRYGONOPTERA TESTACEA EASTERN FIDDLER RAY TRYGONORRHINA SP. BULLSEYE STINGRAY UROBATIS CONCENTRICUS ROUND STINGRAY UROBATIS HALLERI YELLOW STINGRAY UROBATIS JAMAICENSIS CORTEZ ROUND STINGRAY UROBATIS MACULATUS PORCUPINE RAY UROGYMNUS AFRICANUS SEPIA STINGAREE UROLOPHUS AURANTIACUS BANDED STINGAREE UROLOPHUS CRUCIATUS SPOTTED STINGAREE UROLOPHUS GIGAS SHORTNOSED GUITARFISH ZAPTERYX BREVIROSTRIS BANDED GUITARFISH ZAPTERYX EXASPERATA CoralRealm Deep Sea Sharks OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS GREAT WHITE SHARK CARCHARODON CARCHARIASMEGAMOUTH MEGACHASMA PELAGIOS ALLENS SLEEPER GOBY VALENCIENNEA ALLENI ORANGESPOTTED CATSHARK ASYMBOLUS SP. COMMON SAWSHARK PRISTIOPHORUS CIRRATUS SHORTNOSE SPURDOG SQUALUS MEGALOPS SHARPNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK HEPTRANCHIAS PERLO SHORTSPINE SPURDOG SQUALUS MITSUKURII PRICKLY DOGFISH OXYNOTUS BRUNIENSIS BIRDBEAK SHARK DEANIA CALCEA SEAL SHARK DALATIAS LICHALONGNOSE VELVET DOGFISH CENTROSCYMNUS CREPIDATER BLUNTNOSE SIXGILL SHARK HEXANCHUS GRISEUS FRILL SHARK CHLAMYDOSELACHUS ANGUINEUS SOUTHERN LANTERN SHARK ETMOPTERUS GRANULOSUS PORTUGUESE DOGFISH CENTROSCYMNUS COELOLEPIS WHITEFIN SWELL SHARK CEPHALOSCYLLIUM SP. A

In terms of attributed human deaths which are more dangerous snakes bees sharks or house flies?

Good question, all are dangerous and can cause fatal endings but the most popular attack would be the "bee's" providing 243,522 people died in 2009 from bee stings. Mainly through allergic reactions or several stings that over powers the body and cause's the body to shut down. Hope i helped.

Do sharks have paired fins?

Yes, sharks have paired fins, including pectoral fins (located on their sides) and pelvic fins (located on their underside). These fins help sharks with stability, steering, and maneuvering in the water.

What is the color of shark's blood?

Shark blood is red due to the presence of hemoglobin and other oxygen-binding proteins, similar to the blood of most vertebrates. However, some deep-sea sharks have adaptations that make their blood appear greenish or even clear to help them camouflage in their environment.