Research Paper On Sharks

Sharks, the scariest, biggest, baddest creatures! That's what we make them out to be, but are they really? The answer is no, we say that. We kill more of them than they kill of us, about 900,094 more. Sharks, being carnivores, are NOT natural predators of humans.

Sharks are aquatic creatures and very important to the living with lots of information humans may not understand. To start off, femeles give birth to 7-9 sharks per litter that are 3-4 feet at birth. Next humans believe all sharks are monsters but out of 400 species only 4 sharks have been claimed to attack on humans. Lastly sharks attack for 2 main reasons one reason is for defense and predation. They attack in defense when humans are in or around their territory they attack in predation mistaking people for seals. In conclusion sharks are creatures that humans are still learning about and try to understand them better.

Many people call sharks beasts, terrible things, killers, but they are not. For instance sharks need to eat to just like humans. Sharks can eat all day. When sharks eat too much they throw it up and eat more. Sharks fend for themselves when they are hungry they might find other sharks and eat them. Sharks eat squid, shrimp, sardines, tuna. Besides sharks can never stop moving so they don't’ stay in one spot. Lastly sharks might look mean but they are

Bull sharks live throughout the world. They are typically found in shallow, warm ocean waters. Since bull sharks will eat almost anything, if a human is taking a swim along the shoreline, a bull shark wouldn’t mind the meal. Bull sharks have been known to swim up into freshwater rivers. Although bull sharks will eat almost anything, the bull shark’s diet contain mostly fish.

In my opinion, people should start to protect the sharks because they have the misunderstanding of it. Most of the people believe sharks are stronger, cruel and evil than the other animals, even humans. In contrast, sharks are less powerful than people thought, it still easy to be captured by the human and be cut off their fins. However, why people misunderstand the sharks? I think this may cause by the media. Because sharks have a negative image in many movies, comics and cartoon. The producer always shapes them like a bloody murder, everyday bully or eat the others marine organisms. Although, sharks have the lovely appearance but constantly be showed them annoying behavior in the cartoon. So, people always associate sharks are wicked which should be killed. It seems media imperceptible to constitute a misconception of sharks in our mind from our childhood. Sometimes, the editor must vilify the sharks because they need to meet the people expectation. Nowadays, if the news only reports how sharks are playful and positive, it cannot draw audience attention. Therefore, the editor needs to exaggerate description of sharks, so this can increase people's fear and the advertiser can gain more money. Besides, we always can see shark fins on many Chinese banquets, which can show off how rich they are. This induces more and more

They can swim at thirty five miles per hour(Institution, Smithsonian). They also have seven rows of teeth(Institution, Smithsonian). They have a total of three hundred triangular serrated teeth(Bradford). When Great white sharks are in the womb they supposedly swallow their own teeth. The first time they sink their teeth in their prey, it is called a sample bite. Sharks normally go up to their prey and taste them to make sure the want to eat them(Bradford). That's why most attacks are not fatal, because the shark tastes the human and thinks yuck that is not what I want to eat and spits them back out. They don't normally mistake humans for food considering only five to ten happen every year(Bradford). Once they sense food they need to get to it fast. They can swim up to fifteen miles per hour(1). Great Whites have to be fast at Cape Cod because they can not sneak attack the

Donohue, Patrick and Log, Destin. “Sharks 101.” State and Regional Newspaper, 7 September. 2006. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 28 May. 2016.

Pacific sleeper sharks, which are also known scavengers, can glide through the water with little body movement and little hydrodynamic noise making them successful predators. They feed by suction and cutting of their prey. They have large mouths that can inhale prey and their teeth cut up any pieces that are too large to swallow. They show a characteristic rolling motion of the head when feeding. Only in Alaska has the shark's diet been studied - most sharks' stomachs contain remains of giant Pacific octopus. They are also known to feed on bottom-dwelling teleost fishes as well as soles, flounders, Alaska pollock, rockfishes, shrimps, hermit crabs, and even marine snails. Larger Pacific sleeper sharks are also found to feed on fast swimming

In “What do you know about sharks?” by Sharon Guynup and “Great White Sharks” by Peter Benchley the clique thought of the “anthropophagous”, savage, and villainous shark is turned on its head. The two articles take widely accepted myths and debunk them with facts. Evidence that supports that the fish aren’t the vicious marine people-eaters that the media has depicted them as has been found. In this text the findings on the animal will be explored. This is the shark’s Real Bite.

Did you know that only four out of the 400 species of sharks attack humans? Sharks benefit both humans and other aquatic creatures. This is why sharks need to be protected and tracked. Sharks aren't really the demonized creatures we all think they are. To begin with, there are only 400 species of sharks, only four attack and the blue sharks are not one of them.

Sharks have streamlined bodies and a special set of organs which makes sharks special from other fish. When sharks attack, they have a special lining that moves over the eye to protect the eye from debris in the water. This lining, however, renders the sharks blind sometimes missing their prey, this is why they usually come out of the water or “breach” into the air during an attack. They are not really good swimmers, but sharks can swim very fast,

There are many ways that sharks have interdependence. Only a few sharks have developed camouflage to capture their prey They are on the top of the food chain in the sea because most of them are carnivorous. Found in all seas but usually not as deep. Sharks are found in depths of 2,000 meters and 7,000 feet or even deeper. The deepest depth that humans have recorded is 3,700 meters and 12,100 feet. They

Sharks are one of the most feared carnivores in the sea. There are 365 species of of sharks in the sea as we know today. All sharks are carnivores. Most of them eat live fish, including other sharks. A shark's most common natural enemy is an another shark. Most sharks eat their prey whole, or they tear off large chunks of the bodies. Some sharks crush their prey. Others take out small pieces off flesh from large fish. Sharks also feed on dead or dying animals. Sharks have the reputation of attacking human beings. But less than 100 shark attacks a year are reported throughout the world. Sharks are most common in warm seas and oceans. Whale sharks, are the largest shark known to man. Sharks are classified in the order

The Great White Shark is a highly efficient predator at the top of the food chain in the ocean. They roam the oceans of the world in search of their normal prey of Seals, Dolphins, large fish and other sharks, however they have been known to attack and kill humans and are then known as ‘rogue’ sharks. ‘Rogue sharks are sharks that have chosen to attack humans, perhaps because they have a taste for human flesh’ (Stacks, 2011). This essay discusses the question, should rogue sharks be killed or conserved?

Sharks have very good sense. A great white can detect 1 drop of blood in 25 gal. of water. Sharks can a tiny amount of blood 3 mi. away. Sharks also have a sense that humans wish