Threats to Sharks
Finning
What is cutting off the fins of a shark and throwing the body back into the ocean.
How many shark species are there?
What is over 500 species.
Sharks are man-eaters
What is most sharks are too small or live too deep to kill humans.
Mako
What is considered the fastest shark.
Overfishing
What is depleting the amount of fish in a certain area by fishing.
Where do sharks lie on the food chain?
What is sharks are Apex Predators.
Sharks have no predators
What is humans are the biggest predators to sharks.
Tiger
What is an opportunistic scavenger.
Habitat Loss
What is destroying the local habitat of a species forcing them to relocate to an unfamiliar ecosystem.
How many senses to sharks have?
What is 6 senses.
All Sharks are big
What is not all sharks are big, the smallest shark can fit into the size of your hand.
Whale
What is the biggest shark in the ocean.
Bycatch
What is catching the wrong species of fish on accident while fishing for another species.
How long have sharks been on Earth?
Sharks are only found at the ocean surface
What is many sharks live or spend much of their time below 4,000 feet.
Whitetip
What is deep ocean scavengers.
Long-Lines
What is baited hooks attached to nets at intervals to attract the target species.
What do sharks skin feel like?
What is sand paper.
Shark attacks are common
What is being attacked by a shark is a 1 in 3,748,067 chance.
Atlantic Blue Marlin
What is among the fastest marine swimmers.