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SharkGreat White

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BullShark

WhaleShark

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GREAT WHITE SHARKSGREAT WHITE SHARKS

• Up to 23 feet long and max weight of 3 tonsUp to 23 feet long and max weight of 3 tons• Eats seals, fish, turtles and other sharksEats seals, fish, turtles and other sharks• Cold tropical seas – ie: Pacific around CaliforniaCold tropical seas – ie: Pacific around California• Aerial predations – to catch prey, they shoot up and hit their Aerial predations – to catch prey, they shoot up and hit their

prey on the underside causing them to breach out of the waterprey on the underside causing them to breach out of the water

Shark Byte: Great whites can reach 40 miles per hours in short burstsHome

BULL SHARKBULL SHARK• Up to 11.5 feet long and Up to 11.5 feet long and

max weight of 700 poundsmax weight of 700 pounds• Eats fish, rays, other Eats fish, rays, other

sharks, and anything else sharks, and anything else in the waterin the water

• Tropical shallow water but Tropical shallow water but can swim in freshwatercan swim in freshwater

• Bump and bite hunting Bump and bite hunting techniquetechnique

Shark Byte: A 9 foot bull shark wascaught in St. Louis; 1750 miles inland

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HAMMERHEADHAMMERHEAD SHARKSSHARKS

• 10 – 15 feet long and max 10 – 15 feet long and max weight of 1300 poundsweight of 1300 pounds

• Eats fish, squid, crustaceans, Eats fish, squid, crustaceans, and sting raysand sting rays

• Warm temperate or tropical Warm temperate or tropical oceans – ie: Caribbean Seaoceans – ie: Caribbean Sea

• Scalloped hammerheads can Scalloped hammerheads can be found in large schoolsbe found in large schools

Shark Byte: Hammerheads go to reefs during the day to be cleaned by smaller fish, who pick off the parasites

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TIGERTIGER SHARKSSHARKS

• Up to 18 feet long and max weight of 2 tonsUp to 18 feet long and max weight of 2 tons• Eats almost anything – fish, turtles, crustaceans, dolphins Eats almost anything – fish, turtles, crustaceans, dolphins

and other sharksand other sharks• Warm tropical oceans – ie: Pacific around Hawaiian IslandsWarm tropical oceans – ie: Pacific around Hawaiian Islands• Known for repeatedly attacking preyKnown for repeatedly attacking prey

Shark Byte: Tiger shark teeth can cut through metalHome

Whale SharkWhale Shark

• Up to 50 feet long and max weight of 10 tonsUp to 50 feet long and max weight of 10 tons

• Filter feeder – eats krill, small fish and other crustaceansFilter feeder – eats krill, small fish and other crustaceans

• Warm temperate waters – ie: Gulf of MexicoWarm temperate waters – ie: Gulf of Mexico

• Can feed vertically, sucking in foodCan feed vertically, sucking in food

Shark Byte: Whale sharks can circulate 6000 gallons of water per hour

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1. What do whale sharks eat?1. What do whale sharks eat?

A: other sharksA: other sharks

B: krillB: krill

C: large fishC: large fish

D: turtlesD: turtles

2. How do great white sharks 2. How do great white sharks

catch their prey? catch their prey?A: aerial predationsA: aerial predations

B: filter feederB: filter feeder

C: bump and biteC: bump and bite

D: bottom feederD: bottom feeder

3. What is the smallest shark 3. What is the smallest shark onon this list? this list?A: tiger sharkA: tiger shark

B: whale sharkB: whale shark

C: hammerhead sharkC: hammerhead shark

D: bull sharkD: bull shark

4. Which shark lives in cold 4. Which shark lives in cold water? water?

A: whale sharkA: whale shark

B: great white sharkB: great white shark

C: tiger sharkC: tiger shark

D: bull sharkD: bull shark

5. Which shark can swim in 5. Which shark can swim in fresh water?fresh water?

A: great white sharkA: great white shark

B: tiger sharkB: tiger shark

C: bull sharkC: bull shark

D: whale sharkD: whale shark

6. Which shark species can be 6. Which shark species can be found in large schools?found in large schools?

A: bull sharkA: bull shark

B: whale sharkB: whale shark

C: hammerhead sharkC: hammerhead shark

D: tiger sharkD: tiger shark

7. How many gallons of water 7. How many gallons of water can a whale shark circulate in can a whale shark circulate in a hour?a hour?A: 100A: 100

B: 6000B: 6000

C: 25000C: 25000

D: 1000D: 1000

8. Whose teeth can cut 8. Whose teeth can cut through through metal? metal?A: great white sharkA: great white shark

B: whale sharkB: whale shark

C: bull sharkC: bull shark

D: tiger sharkD: tiger shark

9. How long can the great 9. How long can the great white grow?white grow?

A: 10 feetA: 10 feet

B: 23 feetB: 23 feet

C: 50 feetC: 50 feet

D: 35 feetD: 35 feet

10. Whale sharks can feed in10. Whale sharks can feed in what unusual way? what unusual way?

A: verticallyA: vertically

B: upside downB: upside down

C: breaching out of the waterC: breaching out of the water

D: burying their head in the sandy D: burying their head in the sandy bottombottom