Very interesting facts about sharks

Of course sharks are dangerous as other wild animals. But the probability to die from the shark attack is lower that the probability to die from the automobile accident or from the byte of the snake. Usually sharks mix people with seals or another prey.

The majority of attacks take play on the surface of the water that is why surfers, swimmers and diver without equipment are in more danger than the underwater divers. The main dangerous species of sharks live deep in the water and only bullhead shark lives near the seaside. But still there are rare cases when other species of sharks were met near the shores.

And if you meet the shark try to mix with the environment and to get away gradually from the territory of the shark, maybe it is busy with something else.

Sharks have five-seven gills.

The oldest sharks are 400 million years old, so the sharks are older than the dinosaurs.

Sharks are not stupid animals but are ruled by the instincts of predator. They are smart as other animals. Such conclusion was made from the body-brain ratio.

Sharks never visit the dentists. They have unlimited source of new healthy teeth. Their teeth are substituted by the new ones almost every 8 days.

The majority of fishes shed the eggs that are later fecundated by the male fish. Sharks have the natural way of fecundation.

Usually the shark has 12 babies. Every born shark is very little but still well-formed.