Today, about 150 types of sharks are known. Some of them do not make any harm, it is better to never meet with others. But there are such sharks that are striking their human imagination giant sizesachieving in some cases more than 15 meters. According to the nature of "sea giants" may be peaceful, if they are certainly not provoked, as well as aggressive and therefore dangerous.
Kit shark (Rhincodon Typus)
Among big fish This shark ranks first. Because of their huge sizes She was called "whale". Its length, according to scientific data, reaches almost 14 m. Although some eyewitnesses tell what they saw chinese shark up to 20 meters long. Weight up to 12 tons. But despite their improving sizesFor a person, it is not dangerous and is distinguished by its calm character. Her favorite treats are small organisms, plankton. The whale shark is bluish, gray or brown painting with stains and stripes white color on the back. Because of the unique drawing on the back of the inhabitants South America They refer to the Shark "Domino", in Africa - "Pope Schilling", and in Madagascar and Java "Star". Place habitat whale shark - Indonesia, Australia, Philippines, Honduras. In these open waters, she lives almost all his life, the duration of which is calculated from 30 to 150 years.
Giant Shark (" Cetorhinus Maximus.»)
Despite the fact that more than 100 years are monitored by the polar shark, to the end this type has not yet been studied. The length of adult individuals varies from 4 to 8 meters, and the weight reaches 1 - 2.5 tons. Compared to his giant "relatives" - whale shark and giant, polar, can be called a predator. It prefers to hunt both at a depth of almost 100 meters and at the surface of the water, on fish and seals. As for the person, there are no accurate cases of attacking this shark, but also the accurate information about its security has not yet given. Habitat - cold water of the Atlantic and Arctic waters. Life expectancy is 40-70 years old.
The biggest in the ocean is a predatory shark. It is also called Carharodon, white death, shark-cannibal. The length of adults is from 6 to 11 meters. Weight reaches almost 3 tons. This terrible predator prefers to eat not only by fish, turtles, seals and various palm. Every year people become its victims. About 200 people die from her sharp teeth! If the white shark overcomes hunger, she is able to attack sharks and even whales. Having extensive, big teeth and powerful jaws, predator without much difficulty snacks not only cartilage, but also bones. The habitat of Carkarodon is warm and temperate waters of all oceans. She was seen from the coast of Washington and California, at the island of Newfoundland, in the southern part Japanese Sea, on the Pacific coast of the United States.
One more giant predator inhabited by warm waters World Ocean. Adults are 7 meters long. Thanks to the ability of their eyes, shark can look around 360 degrees. She feeds to all that attracts her predatory-hungry look. It can be various fish And even what rushes into the water from passing ships. For a person, it bears danger during the period of reproduction. And despite his petty mouth, she rarely releases a vibrant fighter. Small I. sharp teeth Shark is making deadly wounds. Favorite habitats of hammer shark - Warm waters in Philippines, Hawaiian Islands, Florida.
AKULA LISE (Alopias Vulpinus)
This shark hit the list of the biggest sharks (from 4 to 6 meters) due to its long tailwhich is almost half of its length. Her weight up to 500 kg. Prefers warm tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific. Loves to hunt on large steits Fish. Its weapons are shark powerful tail, which she puts deafening strikes for victims. Sometimes hunts on invertebrates and squid. The deadly attacks on people were not documented. But this shark is still dangerous for a person.
Thunderstorm seas, white death, ruthless killer - as soon as they did not call it mighty and ancient creaturewho survived dinosaurs. His name - big white shark . The more perfect organism in nature simply does not exist.
Description and features of a large white shark
Big White Shark (Carharodon) - One of the largest predators on the planet. She deserved his bad fame of the Glory-à la carte she deserved: registered cases of attacks on people are an excellent set.
The language does not turn to call it fish, but this is true: White shark refers to class cartilage fish. The term "shark" comes from the language of Vikings, the word "Khakall" they called absolutely any fish.
Nature generously endowed a white shark: her appearance did not change for those millions of years she lived on the planet. The sizes of the mega-fish exceed even that are sometimes 10 m. Length big white sharkAccording to ichthyologists, can exceed 12 meters.
However, only scientific hypotheses are about the existence of such giants, the biggest white sharkCaused in 1945 was 6.4 m long and weighed about 3 tons. Maybe, the biggest in the world Unprecedented sizes, never caught, and dissect water expanses at a depth, not accessible to humans.
At the end of the tertiary period, and by the standards of the Earth, this is relatively recently, in the immense ocean depths, the ancestors of the White Shark - Meghalodonov. These monsters reached the length of 30 m (the height of the 10-storey house), and they could comfortably accommodate 8 adult men in their pasta.
Today, a big white shark is the only preserved view from his numerous kind. Others died out along with dinosaurs, mammoths and other ancient animals.
Top part The bodies of this unsurpassed predator painted in a grayish brown range, and saturation can be different: from whitish to almost black.
Large white shark can exceed 6 meters
It depends on the habitat. Belo-white, because of him shark and got its name. The line between the gray back and white belly can not be called smooth and smooth. It is rather broken or torn.
This color masks perfectly in the thickness of the water: from the side angle of its outlines becomes smooth and practically invisible, with top view, a darker back is mixed with shadows and a bottom landscape.
The skeleton of a large white shark has no bone tissueAnd the whole consists of cartilage. A streamlined body with a cone-shaped head is covered with reliable and dense scales, in its structure and hardness similar to shark teeth.
These scales are often referred to as "skin tarts". In some cases, shark shell is impossible to break through even a knife, and if you stroke it "against wool", deep cuts will remain.
The body shape of a white shark is ideal for swimming and persecution of production. Minimize resistance helps a special adhesive secret to the skin. It can develop speed up to 40 km / h, and it is not in the air, but in the thickness of salt water!
Her movements are elegant and majestic, it seems to slip through the water, without accompanying absolutely no effort. This commander can easily perform 3-meter jumping over the water stroke, the spectacle must be said fascinating.
A large white shark has no air bubble that supports it afloat, and not to go to the bottom, it must constantly work forward.
Good buoyancy helps the huge size of the liver and low density of cartilage. Blood pressure The predator is weak and to stimulate blood flow, it also has to stare, thereby helping the heart muscle.
Looking at stock Foto Large white shark, the widespread fall, feel trepid and horror, and goosebumps run on the skin. And this is not surprising, because a more perfect tool for killing is difficult to imagine.
Teeth Located in 3-5 rows, and white shark They are constantly updated. On the site of a broken or dropped tooth immediately grows a new one from the backup series. The average number of teeth in oral cavity - About 300, length - over 5 cm.
The structure of the teeth is also thought out as everything else. They have a pointed shape and jar, allowing you to easily pull out huge pieces of meat from your unfortunate victim.
Sharch teeth are practically devoid of roots and easily fall out. No, this is not a mistake of nature, rather the opposite: the tooth stuck in the body of the victim deprives predator the ability to open the fall for ventilation of the gill, the fish just risks suffocate.
With this situation, it is better to lose your teeth than life. By the way, for your life a big white shark replaces about 30 thousand teeth. Interestingly, the jaw of a white shark, squeezing prey, puts pressure to it up to 2 tons per cm².
In the mouth of a white shark about 300 teeth
Lifestyle and habitat big white shark
White sharks in most cases are loners. They are territorial, however, show respect for larger counterparts, allowing you to hunt in our waters. Social behavior U is a rather complicated and poorly studied question.
Sometimes they loyally belong to the fact that others shared their meal, sometimes - on the contrary. With the second version, they show their displeasure, rubbing the mouth, but physically punish the uninvited guest is extremely rare.
The big white shark is found in the shelf area near the coarse almost worldwide, excluding northern regions. This type of thermocouples: optimal temperature Water for them 12-24 ° C. An important factor It is the concentration of salt, so in the Black Sea, it is not sufficient and these are not found in it.
Large white shark dwells At the coast, Mexico, California, New Zealand. Large populations are observed near Mauritius, Kenya, Seychelles, Guadeloupe Island. These predators are prone to seasonal migrations And can overcome distances in thousands of kilometers.
Nutrition of a large white shark
Large white shark - a cold-blooded calculating predator. She attacks on sea Lviv, sea,. In addition to large animals, the sharks feed on the tuna and quite often Padal.
The big white shark is not shy to hunt and other, smaller species of themselves, as well as on. On the latter, they arrange ambushes and attack the rear, damping the victim to use echolocation.
Nature made a shark by an ideal killer: her vision is 10 times better than human, the inner ear catches low frequencies And the sound infra range.
The smell of a predator is unique: shark is able to teach blood in impurities 1: 1 000 000, which corresponds to a 1 teaspoon on a large swimming pool. The white shark attack is lightning: on the opening of the pasta to the final closure of the jaws takes place less than a second.
Wrongs his razor-like teeth into the body of the victim, shark shake his head, taking big pieces of flesh. At one time she can swallow to 13 kg of meat. The jaw of the bloodthirsty predator is so strong that with ease of minimize large bones, and even the whole prey in half.
The stomach of sharks is large and elastic, it is able to accommodate the enormous amount of food. It happens that the hydrochloric acid is not enough for digestion, then the fish turns it inside out, getting rid of extra. Surprisingly, the walls of the stomach are not wounded with sharp triangular teeth of this mighty creature.
Large white shark attacks A person really happens, divers and surfers suffer from it. People do not enter their diet, rather a predator attacks mistakes, taking surfboard for sea Elephant or seal.
Another explanation of such aggression is the invasion of personal space, the territory where she is used to hunting. What is interesting, it rarely eats human flesh, often spits, realizing that he was wrong.
Dimensions and the characteristics of the body do not give victims large white shark Not the slightest chance for salvation. In essence, among ocean depths She has no worthy competition.
Reproduction and life expectancy
There is less than 4 m in length, most likely imperceptive teenagers. Shark females are able to become pregnant not earlier than in 12-14 years. The males ripen a little earlier - in 10. Large white sharks multiply by egging.
This method is inherent exclusively cartilage fish species. Pregnancy lasts about 11 months, then a few cubs hatch in the womb of the mother. The strongest eat weak, being still inside.
2-3 completely independent acuineans are born. According to statistics, 2/3 of them do not live and up to the year, becoming a victim of adult fish and even his own mother.
Due to long-term pregnancy, low productivity and late maturation, the number of white sharks is steadily reduced. In the ocean, no more than 4500 individuals live.
Despite the fact that the absolute majority of people never went into the sea deeper than 20-30 meters, fear of sharks lies in many. This is something from the depths of the subconscious: a huge, rapid, silent predator, for whom the water is alien to us is a native element. And most of all scares the braid triangle of the fin, disperse water, because it hides under him a few hundred razor-sharp teeth and an insatiable belly. And it is absolutely not clear what exactly it is size. And interesting. Therefore, today we will try to figure out what the most big Akula in the world.
Let's notify right away: this is already extincting a shark and, thank God, which is extinct. If such a monster fastened the oceans today, then sailors would have to pay extra for the risk, and Green Pisa could well be a reservation "We protect all animals except Meghalodon." First, it is terrible to defend him, secondly, ashamed, he himself, who wants, will protect.
So Meghalodon could look like
The skeletons of these monsters reached this day. Teeth - size with palm. According to the estimates of paleontologists, the full length of this shark could reach (and even exceed) 16 meters. For comparison, this is the height of the 6-storey house. This Mahina weighed about 45-50 tons. It was fed by this superchurch by local whales and others marine mammals.
It is believed that the biggest shark extinced a long time ago. But, or extinted not to the end, or someone has a fantasy too sturgeon, but they have seen their sailors several times. Do not even know, rejoice or fear.
The whale shark, of course, less than Meghalodon, but a slightly meter for two. The recorded record is 14 meters, although some researchers report that they have seen both larger individuals, up to 20 meters. According to the same information, the weight of this shark, by the way, females was 34 tons.
Big but good-natured
It would be scary monsterIf it were not for one "but" - she feeds, like whales, krill and petty fish. She is not able to cause any harm, some divers even ride her back. But people relate to her peculiar: on the one hand, they are guarded and defended, on the other, despite the prohibitions, catch for food.
Like a whale, a gigantic shark fully complies with its name. In length, it can reach 10 meters according to official data. According to unofficial - all 15. It looks frightened: it smelles her mouth in full and so swims through the thickness of the water, turning it out. After all, this giant feeds the same kille.
Indeed, gigantic
Like I. whale shark, Giant also does not pose a threat to humans. But it is for her more than. For a long time She was valuable fishing fishBut due to excessive fishing now this species is under threat of extinction.
Everything is relative. If at the very beginning of the article told about shark, which grows up to 7-8 meters long, it would impressive. But after the previous giants, this is not so interesting. Especially since she also feeds on a harmless plankton. It looks impressive, but only looks.
The worst thing in it is an appearance.
It turns out, the three largest sharks are actually underwater elephants. And then, from elephants, people suffer more often than from these underwater giants. So why people are so afraid of them. This is the merit of subsequent participants of our rating.
Big white shark
It was the white shark - and there is the cause of all fears and myths about deadly underwater predators. True, it should also thank Stephen Spielberg - director of the film "Jaws". The artistic picture made at the audience so indelible impression that formed an image of a creepy monster, a mass killer, a glass shark. In fact, people, of course, sometimes fall in their stomachs, but much more often maritime birds and fish are there.
But she is very smiling
The size of white sharks may seem relatively small - 5-6 meters. But if you think so, they never found themselves in the water when the fin triangle is approaching you. In this case, the size, indeed, is not the main thing.
The tiger shark is significantly less white, the average length of this monster is about 5 meters. In theory, it can be larger, but there is no confirmation. But, despite the fact that it is less, it is one of the most dangerous sharks in the world. She is more aggressive, more voraciously, attacks everything that sees, almost without disaster. The poet is significantly more often the people become the victims. And to member, at that moment they were less interested in how much it was a big shark, it was enough that she was very angry and predatory.
Also in striped
The Shark family is quite large and variety. It includes dangerous predators who do not mind to eat your foot, leisurely giants who do not swallow anything larger than Anchova, small and nimble sharks, unworthy in order to get into our article. But they are all interesting in their own and beautiful. Let's hope that common sense Starting, and they will not be transferred to the soup.
This list is composed of the species living on the planet, but it should also be mentioned about Meghalodon - fossil shark More than 16 m in length and weight of 50 tons. Sharks - very ancient viewThey already exist 420 million years.
In a tenth place akula Maco.
with an average length of 3.5 m. The largest discovered part has a length of 4.45 m. Despite the relatively small sizes, it is probably the most aggressive of all famous species These fish. Maco embryos are formed small teeth even before birth in the maternal womb, and there Maco fights and bite their relatives to find out who is stronger. 
Ninth W. fox sharks
. Its length, and this is about 6 m, due to one part of the body - a long and narrow fin of the tail, so it can be considered not very big, if not considering a long thin tail. Shark hunts with an elongated tail, using it like a whip, in order to drive and stun the victim. She is able to jump out aquatic environment, very buggy and not dangerous for a person. 
Eighth place U. six-chamber shark
. The officially fixed length of this predatory fish is 5.4 m, and on average, the size of most individuals is 3-4 m. Interesting fact: When the person is approaching, she tries to get out far away. Hunting this nautical predator Can make lightning throws for their victim. 
Seventh place in gigantic hammer sharks
. The dimensions of most individuals are 3.5 m; The maximum registered length is 6.1 m, but such copies are extremely rarely detected. This predator is almost not aggressive to people, but still is very dangerous if provoked it. 
The most common tiger shark
It takes the next step in dimensions. This is the biggest dangerous Predator Fish. On average, the copies of this species reach a length of 5 m, but the researchers believe that there are individuals much larger, about 7 m. This species is very dangerous not only for its surrounding fish, but also for a person. It is quite numerous and in many states to protect against the attacks of tiger sharks allowed to shoot them. 
Pelagic big shark
Located on the fifth stage in the rating of the biggest. To date, this is the most rare shark on the entire planet. There are only 60 copies of this fish. She was opened in 1976. It belongs to filtrates, feed on plankton. The largest copy of the female, entangled in the network near the shores of Japan, had a length of 5.70 m. 
In fourth place - white shark
, the other name is karharodon
. Known under the nickname "shark killer." This is very dangerous predatorliving in marine environmentIts average size is 4.5 m. There are unconfirmed data on the catch of six-meter individuals. White shark belongs to the endangered species, now there are only 3,500 individuals. 
G. renland polar shark
- Third in length. Lives in northern waters.. Its length is 6-7 m, weight is about one and a half tons. Its feature there is some slowness, because of which this predator applies a special method of hunting: it is attacked by sleeping seals. It is also called polar shark. She belongs to very slow fish, having middle speed Average 2.7 km per hour. This is caused by low temperature regimes Environment of existence.
Next - giant (Giant) Shark
. The female of this species has a length of 9.8 m. There is information that there are giant copies of up to 15 m. In the 19th century, 12-meter individuals were confused in fishing nets. Giant's diet - plankton, petty fish, krill. It does not at all represent any danger for a person, although the appearance of it with the widespread mouth, filtering water, rather threatening. 
First place in our ranking specialists definitely give whale shark . It is the largest and most long on the planet among the sharks. With a length of 12-14 m. The largest shark-caught man is a whale, it came across the Taiwanese fishermen network in 2002. Fish parameters were 34 tons, length 20 m. But there is evidence that the fishermen caught the instances and more than 20 m in length. It is difficult to establish, since the fishery on this species is strictly prohibited and all the facts of catch are thoroughly hidden. Whale shark - filter, on the day it eats about 200 kg of plankton and small marine animals. It has a very small teeth with a length of several millimeters and completely non-aggressive.
The greatest sharks in the world see people with fierce monsters, ready to attack at any suitable moment. Often this opinion is erroneous, since the main food of sharks serve inhabitants water depths. But consider huge painted fish Mirly loving creatures are also not worth it. Meetings with giant sharks spawned a lot of legends regarding their size, weight and danger to humans. The ranking presents 10 species of the biggest sharks of the planet. These creatures have colossal sizes and body weight.
10. Shark-Mako (ISURUS OXYRINCHUS)
Shark-Mako or gray-blue ice shark occupied last place In the top ten bigger sharks in the world, but far from the latter in agreed and intellectual development. It has an average body of 3-3.5 m. ( maximum length 4.45 m.) And weighing 554 kg. Running to the sacrifice, it develops a speed of 74 km per hour. The world meets in almost all seas and oceans. Shark Maco is of great interest among sports lovers fishing. The meat of these unique sharks is also highly appreciated. Due to the fishery, their population is under a serious threat. Because of an aggressive nature, beautiful maneuverability and large sizes Shark-Maco represent for people mortary danger. Pursuing her prey, shark is able to make a jump from water to a height of up to 6 m.
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Fox shark Or an ordinary shark-fox is characterized by a long shockful tailflower, for which he received his nickname. The largest in the family and one of the biggest sharks in the world. The body size with the tail reaches 7.6 m, and it weighs more than 500 kg. It is worth noting that more than half of the total shark length is precisely the fin. Inhabited tropical and moderate water throughout the planet. During hunt fox shark Clears the trick: his tail, like a whip, drives the victim, and then it stuns it. Also, her tail helps to hold the balance when jumping for the prey when it is completely rising above the water. This type of big sharks is very important for humanity: from her liver scientists create medicines.
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Six-barred sharks - most big view Shark in the family of many-pets. It is reliably known that the length of the largest instance was 5.4 meters, and the weight is 590 kg. These predators more than others resemble their prehistoric progenitors with six grams of gills and teeth in the form of a ridge. They are found in the West Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, in other temperate and tropical seas. There are evidence of a six-barker shark weighing 700 kg and a length of 7.2 meters, but there are no documents confirming this. These fish are slow enough, but you won't call them awkward. Shark coloring is the most different: gray, black and gray, brown. For people, she is not dangerous and when meeting with divers, it tries to go to the depth. For sharks, one, in the afternoon you feed with crabs and crabs at a depth of 200 m, and at night closer to the surface to enjoy fish.
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Shark Hammer (Hammer Fish) - one of the most amazing and unusual fish in the world. Inhabits continental shelves and the coastal strip of tropical waters, sometimes occurs in open water. It is referred to as the head in the shape of a hammer. Rightfully refers to the largest aclaus in the world for their size: depending on the type there is up to 6 m in length and weighing about 600 kg. Fancy head And elegant fins allocate it among other conifers. Shark has a fierce temper, but people rarely attack people. In the process of hunting, the head of fish plays a crucial role, because at its front of its edge, "sensors", which traveled the smell and electric field of the victim, and the location of the eye creates a review of 360 degrees vertically. There are sharks with the biggest heads - a third of the magnitudes of the body. It feeds on shrimps, mollusks, crabs, squid, fish, but most of all the predator like rocks and flounders.
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Tiger shark It is the most common type of shark in the world. The habitat is tropical and subtropical waters throughout the planet. The character is quite aggressive, and considering that this kind of bigger sharks in the world is often seen in shallow water, in the canals and near the marins can be represented serious danger For a person. The average giant sizes are 5 m, but scientists believe that it is capable of growing more than 8 m. Weighs shark on average 400-600 kg. It is called so thanks to the stripes that look like color of tigers. Stomach her like trash canin which you can detect a skate, snake, seagull, as well as completely inedible items - car numbers and rubber tires. Powerful teeth and jaws are grinding everything, starting with mollusks and ending with turtles. To protect holidaymakers and divers from attacking these monsters, some countries even shoot them.
The largest tiger shark, according to the Guinness Book of Records, was 5.5 meters long and weighed 1524 kg.
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Pelagic bigger shark — sole representative Family Big Shark. Because of the small number of individuals found, scientists fail to end this species. Big shark - One of the three types of large sharks feeding on by Plankton and shallow fish. She floats in warm and moderately warm waters, most often found near the shores of California and Japan. The length of the body is 5.7 m, and the weight can reach up to 1.5 tons. With his name, shark is obliged to a large rounded head, with a short nose and a giant mouth. The teeth are small, in the form of a brush, they are intended to pump water and hold the zooplankton in the mouth. The color of the body is dark brown and dark gray.
4. White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias)
Among other types white shark The most good. Such a monster does not circulate both by a person, more than half of the attacks makes it this shark. The average size 4.5-5 m. There are more than 6 m in length and weighing at least 1900kg. This fishing will be the fastest of the rest of the shark. At a man she attacks curiosity. It dwells in all oceans, except for the Northern Icetic. Refers to the disappearing mind, there are only 3.5 thousand such sharks in the world. Food is made up of small and medium fish, turtles, sea lions, seals, teeth whales.
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Greenland polar Akula It belongs to the Cathedral detachment, is common in the north of the Atlantic Ocean. Also found in the waters of Iceland, Greenland, Norway, the Barents Sea in Russia and coastal zones Mexico and Japan. This giant is included in the top three. big species Shark in the world. Adult animals are able to reach 6.4 m in length and weigh a whole ton! Ichthyologists believe that atlantic Akula Can reach and large sizes. The color of the body is brown or dark brown, with small scales. The lifestyle leads a sedentary, character melancholic, it is the slowest shark on earth ( maximum speed 2.7 km / h). During the hunt, chooses an expectant position and pods the sleeping sacrifice. Metabolic processes in the body of this shark are very slow, so they live for a long time. In 2010-13 Scientists made a carbon analysis of the lens of several polar sharks, as a result of which it was established that the age of the longest of the test individuals is in the range of 272-512. There is nothing surprising here, because the sexual maturity of the females of this type of big sharks comes in 150 years.
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Giant shark It belongs to the second place in the rating of the largest in the world. Its size reaches 10 m, and the maximum fixed weight of 4 tons. These sharks are found in all oceans of the planet in the waters with moderate temperature. Despite the magnitude and external threshing, they are not dangerous for people. Eating the giant sharks of algae, plankton and small fish, character is friendly. Because of this, massively exterminated and can be on the verge of extinction. For shark can be observed with very close distanceSince it never attacks divers, but caution must be observed. One turn of the tail, it can break the bone to you, and the skin can be hurried about her sharp scales.
1. Kit shark (Rhincodon Typus)
The prize ranks the largest shark in the world - kitto. It grows in length more than 12 m, and more than 21 tons can weigh! In 2002, Chinese fishermen caught a shark measuring 20 m and weighing 34 tons. Inhabits it open warm oceans. Eats plankton and fish small and medium size. The population of fish is quite large and the disappearance of them does not threaten, but they are listed in the International Red Book because of the Grand Calod. Feds and other parts of the carcass are very expensive, so poachers hunt her. Every day shark eats 200 kg of fish and zooplankton. It is breeding with eggsheet, and the newborn young have a length of about half a meter. For a person, there is no danger, rather, he is for her.
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Meghalodon (big tooth) - Prehistoric Sorodich giant sharks, extinct about 3 million years ago. To date, generally accepted scientific evidence suggests that these animals produced up to 16 meters long and weighed to 47 tons. Such sizes of the body make it possible to consider Meghalodon not only one of the most large predatorsbut also the most big Aclaut In the world by weight, ever happressed on the planet.
We reviewed the types of sharks, which are considered the largest in the world, but among these animals there are small species. Dwarf shark lantern (Etmopterus Perryi) is the smallest shark in the world. Adults in length reach no more than 21.2 cm. Food in Atlantic Ocean Near the coast of Colombia and Venezuela, at a depth of 450 meters.
Interesting facts about the biggest sharks in the world:
- There are more than 450 types of sharks in the world.
- Contrary to the common opinion on the aggressiveness of this predator, only 4 types of sharks were noticed in large quantities Unworn attacks on a person - a long, tiger, stupid and white.
- The sharks fins are a favorite delicacy of the Chinese.
- Some types of sharks have a vision of 10 times the acuteness of the human.
- On average, sharks live 20-30 years. Recordsmans on life expectancy are spotted barbed shark And the Greenland Polar Shark, which lives more than 100 years.
- Most of the sharks in the jerk develop speeds up to 19 km / h. The fastest in the world can be considered white (maximum speed of up to 50 km / h) and shark-mako, capable of accelerating when attacking up to 74 km / h.
- The largest of the found shark teeth has 18 cm long, he belonged to Megalodon.
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