Do sharks eat big fishes

Answer 1

There are between 360 and 400 known species of sharks, and their diet is not all the same. In general, sharks prefer live fish. However, they have been known to eat dead fish, and some species are considered valuable for how they clean up the sea of dead and wounded fish. Great White Sharks have been known to feed on dead whales (which are mammals, not fish).

Answer 2

Yes, when the stomach contents of various sharks were examined, tuna fish were occasionally found. However, generally speaking, tuna fish can swim faster than almost all species of sharks. Tuna fish are ranked among the fastest species in the ocean. Bluefin tunas, yellowfin tunas, and tunnys can swim especially fast. Marlins, sailfish, and wahoos can swim even faster than all species of tuna fish. Blue sharks can swim as fast as tuna fish but they prefer to eat squids and smaller fish instead of tuna fish, which they eat only occasionally. The oceanic whitetip shark, which occasionally eats humans after a ship sinks, is the exception. Despite swimming slower than all species of tuna fish, tuna fish are frequently found in the stomachs of oceanic whitetip sharks. Oceanic whitetip sharks wait for and ambush large schools of tuna fish.

Canned tuna can contain skipjack tuna, albacore tuna, longtail (tonggol) tuna, or yellowfin tuna but never contains bigeye tuna or bluefin tuna because bigeye tuna and bluefin tuna end up being used for sashimi and sushi.

Answer 3

More than likely, yes. Sharks will eat anything they can catch!

Answer 4

Yes, sharks will eat catfish and dogfish, and any other fish that crosses its path.

Answer 5

Most sharks are carnivorous and large sharks would be capable of eating large fish. Some sharks evolved to eat plankton.