Sharks, by Isaiah

All About Sharks

By: Isaiah

         There are many cool features on the sharks body. Sharks are marine animal that have cartilaginous skeletons with gill slits on head-side. The smallest shark in the shark family is 17 cm[6.7inches] long. The largest shark in the species is 12 meters[39 feet]. sharks have a great sense of smell. the shark’s teeth are affixed into the gums instead of connected to the jaws.

         Sharks can swim deep into the water. Sharks can dive 2,000 meters [6,600 feet] into the water. The shortfin mako shark is the fastest swimmer, up to 50 k\mh. Most  female sharks’ eggs hatch in the female’s body before the baby sharks come out.

         Sharks eat a lot of crustaceans. Sharks and eat small things like : squid,plankton,and other small fish. Tiger shark can chomp anything that comes at it. Sharks have pointed lower teeth because when the shark wants to eat small fish,squids,or plankton they crush it up and eat it.

         Sharks don’t live in freshwater that often. River sharks and Bull sharks can be found in freshwater. Sharks can dive up to 3,000 meters [10,000 feet]. Some sharks can go more than that up to 3,700 meters [12,100feet].

         People kill sharks for some reason. People cut sharks’ fins off. They leave the shark there suffering. People make their into soup.