Sharks

 __**Classification **__
 * **Kingdom**- Anamalia
 * **Phylum**- Chordata
 * **Class**- Chondrichthyes

__**General Information **__

__ **Interesting Facts ** __
 * A shark has no bones. They are made up of cartilage, a type of strong flexible tissue that is found at the tip or your nose. [|(*1)]
 * Most fish have just one gill slit ( an organ for breathing) on each side of their bodies. Unlike fish, sharks have anywhere from 5 to 7 slits on each side. [|(*1)]
 * Sharks have extremely sensitive hearing. They can detect sounds more than 700 feet away. Hearing is their first sense in detecting their prey. They can detect sounds much lower than humans are capable of. [|(*1)]
 * The size of sharks range from 2 to 5 meters. __ [|Visual Comparison of Shark Lengths] __
 * They eat almost anything they can find, this includes: fish, crustaceans, mollusks, marine animals, and other sharks. A shark can eat anywhere from 1 to 10 percent of it's body weight in one week. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*2)]
 * <span style="color: #0031ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The dorsal side (top) of sharks is a darker color to than the ventral side (bottom). This is called countershading.The dark top of a countershaded animal blends in with the dark ocean depths when viewed from above.The light bottom side blends in with the lighter surface of the sea when viewed from below. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*2)]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Bee stings kill more people than shark attacks. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*5)] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Also, more people are killed every year by pigs than sharks. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*6)]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sharks never get cancer! Their cartilage is being sudied to hopefully develop anti-cancer drugs. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*5)]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sharks do not chew their food, they swallow it whole. If the prey is to big to swallow whole, they will tear it into chunks. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*6)]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sharks can see almost as well behind them as they can in front. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*6)]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__ Habitat __ ** [|(*4)] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**The continental shelf regions are shown in orange, the continents in black**. [|(*3)]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sharks live in tropical and temperate seas as well as polar seas and some fresh water lakes.

__**SHARK ACTIVITIES!** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Learn To Draw Sharks] [|Shark Coloring Pages]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">REFERENCES: **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*1)]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/sharks-&-rays/] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*2)]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*3)]
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*4)]
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*5)]
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|(*6)]