Lamnidae

My extinct animal is the megalodon. Not only was the megalodon the biggest prehistoric shark that ever lived,it was the largest marine predator in the history of the planet, vastly outweighing both the modern Great White Shark and ancient reptiles like Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus. Megalodon had a diet befitting an apex predator, feasting on the prehistoric whales that swam the earth's oceans during the Pliocene and Miocene epochs, but also chowing down on dolphins, squids, fish, and even giant…

Everything about sharks Splash! The shark comes out the water and comes back down. Sharks are animals that are endangered and they are protected. They live in some places in south Africa, Australia, and both coasts of the united states of america. Sharks are 15 to 17 feet long and longer than a pick up truck and sharks can survive in their ocean habitat because their adaptations. Did you know that the great white sharks are the biggest sharks in the world? Big whites grow 15 to 17 feet long…

Sharks are one of the top predators in the ocean. With little to no enemies, humans have been over hunting sharks for their fins and then throwing them back out into the ocean. Without their fin sharks would not be able to swim and would slowly sink to the bottom of the ocean and die, waiting for something to either eat them or drown to death. As someone who once enjoyed drinking shark fin soup after finding out what happens to the shark and the life that they have after their fins get cut off I…

A Fight with a Stingray As we got in the jeep, I could smell the fishy, salty smell of the oceans of Vieques. We had the windows rolled down, and I could see homeless dogs running around, scavenging for food. When we got to the beach our guide was waiting in his white colored boat, it was a fairly small boat but big enough to fit all of us. When we got in, I noticed a few stains here and there, but to have a great day I would have to make do. In the middle of the boat I noticed a…

Have you ever heard of a stingray? Even if you have, did you know that they can weigh more than a piano? Or, that they can’t even see their prey when they hunt? Stingrays truly are full of surprises! One amazing fact about stingrays is that they spend a majority of their time serene and not very active. Most of their little movements are reactions to the waves. In addition, stingrays are often eaten by large sharks, crocodiles, orca whales, and birds as they fly along the surface of the…

The Great Hammer head shark is one of many different shark species in the world. It is known mostly by its hammer shaped head that is uses in a specific way to help it hunt. This feature makes it a very dangerous predator to certain fish and other sharks. The Great Hammerhead shark has a very interesting life and I will soon learn more about it. What is life like for the Great Hammerhead shark. The Great Hammerhead shark hunts in places like shallow waters but it does not hunt in the shallows…

Be that as it may, Antarctica's waters are getting hotter, Aronson told Live Science. At some point inside of the following couple of decades, the landmass' frigid ocean will have sufficiently warmed (by around 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1 degree Celsius) to permit these titan crabs to move up onto the rack and begin eating up the echinoderms (a gathering that incorporates ocean stars and ocean urchins) and mollusks, (for example, shellfishes and mussels) that live there. "That is the thing…

The Great White has an incredible sense of smell that it uses to sniff out prey. Another interesting sense of the Great White is the ampulla of Lorenzini, tiny pores in the skin that are highly sensitive to electrical discharges. These pores can sense charges as little as 0.005 microvolts. This "sixth sense" is useful in tracking prey's movement from long distances. In fact, they can feel disturbances in the water from up to a mile away. When great white sharks are young, they feed on smaller…

Liliana Nunez Professor Tronske Biology 111L.10 02/22/2017 Shark Study Reveals Taste Buds were Key to Evolution of Teeth While human taste buds sit individually on the tongue, numerous creatures’ specifically non-animal vertebrates have taste buds that line the areas of the jaws that likewise house teeth. The areas of a shark's mouth with the most astounding attentiveness of taste buds are right behind the last line of teeth in both the upper and lower jaws, indicating a significant relation…

From bacteria to animals, earth is a planet which is home to many different lifeforms. An example of this is the Selachimorpha, commonly known as a shark and the Homo Sapien, commonly known as a human. The sharks and humanity are both similar and different in several ways. The living environments are noticeably different, as one species lives in the ocean and the other lives on the land. Sharks can live in shallow, coastal regions, while other species of sharks can inhabit in deep waters, on the…