Sharks can range in size from tiny to as big as a bus. The spined pygmy shark grows only 7 inches long, while the whale shark can reach over 50 feet long. Most sharks are about the same size as a human, or slightly larger.

All sharks are meat eaters. Small sharks eat plankton, small animals and shellfish. Large sharks eat fish, sea lions and seals.

For now we know of over 500 different shark types in our waters. New species get discovered every year. Fossils found over time suggest that millions of years ago there may have been over 3000 different shark species, this would have been when water levels where much higher and the climate warmer.

Sharks have inner ears, they have very small openings on the side of their heads. Sharks have fantastic hearing, they are tuned into much lower frequencies than us and they can hear movement in the water from miles away.

A whale shark can reach over 20 meters in length making is the largest shark at present.

Studies to date show that a great white shark can live up to 70 years.

The Shortfin Mako Shark is the fastest of the shark species reaching speed of 60 miles per hour when in pursuit of prey like tuna and other fish.

Yes they do and even the great white has. Orca whales also know as killer whales will attack great white sharks. Although it is rare it can happen. Sharks are generally the rulers of the oceans.

Sharks have an amazing sense of smell. A shark can smell even a single drop of blood in the water. Just because a shark picks up a sense of blood in the water it doesn’t mean it will go on the hunt. A shark will only eat when hungry.

Most sharks can drown, in order not to do so they need to keep moving.

No, in fact 97% of the shark species have no interest in us and are completely harmless. Even great white shark attacks are extremely rare.

The Mako and the Great White sharks are known to be great jumpers. The great white can jump up to 3 meters while the Mako shark can jump as high as 9 meters.