Warning!
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Ocean Predators and Humans:
There's a lot of Ocean Creatures around us, Surrounds each corner of the Ocean and including the most feared creatures of this planet, Sharks.
Shark Species must be Avoided, famous Attacks from!
-Great White Shark :O
-Tiger Shark :O
-Hammerhead Shark :|
-Oceanic Shark :O
-Cookie Cutter Shark :O
-Sand Shark :(
-Lemon Shark :(
-Blue Shark :(
-Bull Shark :O
-Sand Tiger Shark :(
-Leopard Shark :(
Friendly Sharks:
-Nurse Shark :)
-Whale Shark :)
Shark Attack Statistics (Us Shark Attacks from 2006-2010)
State
Florida
Hawaii
California
South California
North California
Texas
Oregon
Georgia
Total
|
Attacks
110
18
14
15
12
4
4
2
179
|
Fatal
1
Zero
2
Zero
Zero
Zero
Zero
Zero
3
|
Non-Fatal
109
18
12
15
12
4
4
2
176
|
Shark Facts:
. Sharks Mistaken us as other Sea animals such as Seals, Turtles and other Fish.
. There are more than 350 different kind of Sharks.
. You are 1,000 times likely to drown in the Sea than you are bitten by a shark.
. Sharks are more related to fishes like the sting ray than they do with the barracuda.
. Most Sharks as we know them today developed about 64 million years ago during the age of the Dinosaurs.
. A shark can hear a fish in the Water from more than a mile away.
. A shark can smell only one drop of blood in a million drops of water.
. Scientists can determine the age of a shark by counting the rings that form on its vertebra, much as you can count the rings on a tree to tell its age.
. Sharks’ wounds heal quickly and they rarely get tumors.
. The Dermal denticles that covers Shark skin is so tough and hard that before the invention of sandpaper, shark skin was used to polish wood.
. Shark teeth have been used as weapons and tools for many centuries.
. On some islands, villagers believed that sharks were spirits of their ancestors.
. Eating Shark flesh is forbidden in both the Solomon and Fiji islands.
. About 100 people in the world are bitten by sharks each year. Of these, five to ten die.
. The chance of being killed by a shark is one in 300 million. The chance of being killed by airplane parts falling from the sky is one in 10 million.
. There are more than 350 different kind of Sharks.
. You are 1,000 times likely to drown in the Sea than you are bitten by a shark.
. Sharks are more related to fishes like the sting ray than they do with the barracuda.
. Most Sharks as we know them today developed about 64 million years ago during the age of the Dinosaurs.
. A shark can hear a fish in the Water from more than a mile away.
. A shark can smell only one drop of blood in a million drops of water.
. Scientists can determine the age of a shark by counting the rings that form on its vertebra, much as you can count the rings on a tree to tell its age.
. Sharks’ wounds heal quickly and they rarely get tumors.
. The Dermal denticles that covers Shark skin is so tough and hard that before the invention of sandpaper, shark skin was used to polish wood.
. Shark teeth have been used as weapons and tools for many centuries.
. On some islands, villagers believed that sharks were spirits of their ancestors.
. Eating Shark flesh is forbidden in both the Solomon and Fiji islands.
. About 100 people in the world are bitten by sharks each year. Of these, five to ten die.
. The chance of being killed by a shark is one in 300 million. The chance of being killed by airplane parts falling from the sky is one in 10 million.
Sharks aren't that bad. Why?
If a Stranger entered my house wearing only a speedo, I would probably attack him too.
The Mighty Megalodon
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