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    Why Do Sharks Hunt?

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    How Sharks Hunt Long viewed as dimwitted, bloodthirsty monsters, sharks are among the most intelligent species of fish. In fact, sharks have shown to be very versatile and efficient in their hunting methods. Sharks use a variety of hunting methods to capture their prey: adaptation, use of the senses, and strenuous power. Shark Adaptation. Adaptation for a shark is crucial for its hunting and more so for its survival. A shark's size is vital to its survival since “as the size of the great…

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    Understanding the Brain Sometimes you have to tell yourself, “I am a shark” and attack the day - Coach Campaign Understanding the brain is something that many people might find quite complex, especially if you are comparing it to a sea animal. However, they are not as complex as we think, for example, sharks and humans share the same characteristics and structures of the brain. Both species have a cerebrum located superiorly to the body along…

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    Abundance of Fossilized Megalodon Teeth Washing Ashore in North Carolina The shores of North Carolina are known for having Megaladon teeth, but they are currently experiencing a bumper crop. Beachcombers in North Carolina are finding much more than just seashells recently because there has been an influx of fossilized Megaladon teeth washing up on the beaches and it has paleontologists excited. Megaladon Ruled the Ancient Sea Just for few moments, imagine a city bus, now imagine that bus with…

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    fishermen but when they tried to go down in the deep ocean, there was evil security tour submarines with harpoon bombs. They thought the sharks were going to attack the tour submarine but, they were just going down to see the king shark ‘The Great Megalodon’ “You know, you need to be respectful to the king of sharkville.” said the Mako shark. “Okay” said Adrian as they zoomed down the ocean like someone threw a rock in water and it sank. In the village they taught Adrian how to hunt and attack.…

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    Maverick Wagner Evolution 2/20/15 Evolution of the Great White Shark Did you know that sharks appeared in the fossil record about 450 million years ago? The great white shark is one of many different species of cartilaginous fish out. There are approximately 350 species of sharks worldwide. The great white has become one of the most feared predators in the sea leaving the question as to how it achieved this success. The great white is about four to six meters in length and can weigh…

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    From this point I lived nothing but sharks for the next few years, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up it was either a shark biologist or a Megalodon. Of course becoming an extinct species was out of my abilities, but for a long time I wanted to be a shark biologist, and only in recent years my goals for the future have been shifted to the field of chemistry. However my passion for sharks has…

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    mineralized ice cream cones. The hunks were mostly consisted of manganese. When they cracked open the cone, they discovered that manganese formed around a giant shark teeth. By 1960s, the discovery of manganese created the theory that megalodons are still alive. Megalodons were said to be extinct. This theory was strongly believed in though there haven’t been any proof. This is another example of pathological science. One of the reasons this is so strongly believed in is because the same kind…

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    Discovery, despite its fantastic ratings and goals, can focus on sensationalism rather than facts. Among multiple false documentaries including Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives and Mermaids: The Body Found, their Shark Week often misrepresents sharks in a violent light. It focusses on the few sharks that attack humans, but lacks information on the 500 species that pose people no danger. Its programs…

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    A shark tooth is one of numerous teeth in the shark’s mouth. Different sharks can be classified on the basis of the teeth they have and the functions that such teeth perform in consuming their prey. There are four basic types of shark teeth: dense flattened, needle-like, pointed lower with triangle upper, and non-functional. Sharks have a complete set of teeth when they are born. These teeth are modified placoid scales with an outer layer of enamel, dentine and a central pulp cavity; similar to…

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    possible for us to have living dinos in the water, want to know why? Because of the whole theory that a meteor hit earth and killed all living dinos except for some that water dinos were fine and didn’t get effected. So one-day u can discover a megalodon eating your butt But that has not been discovered on come true so for now let’s worry about earth and its features. The biggest feature that you know covers up 96.5 percent of the earth is--- salt water, I guess you can really guess what…

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