The Megamouth Shark

The slow swimming, megamouth shark is one of the most rare sharks. Since the megamouth shark was discovered, only 54 megamouth`s have been found. Two of the megamouth`s cousins are the basking shark and the whale shark. The megamouth is not like other sharks. It is flabby and it has loose skin and a oddly shaped huge mouth. Megamouth shark like its cousins is a filter feeder. That is why it has such a huge mouth. Most megamouths were caught in fishing nets. One day, on November 15th of November, 1976, a U.S ship was cruising off the coast of one of the islands of Hawaii and found that it`s sea anchor (a sea anchor is an anchor that drags along the ocean when the ship is moving) had picked up something huge. When they pulled up the anchor they found that  a big dead fish had got snagged on their anchor. They didn`t know what kind of fish it was so they took it to the Waikiki aquarium. The scientists there said it was a kind of shark but they didn't know what kind it was. It was named after it`s big mouth. The shark about 14.7 feet long and it was around 1,650 pounds.

The Goblin Shark

The goblin shark is one of the strangest sharks. It is the only shark that can thrust it`s jaw out of it`s mouth to catch it`s prey. When it`s done, it collapses it`s jaw back into it`s mouth. The goblin shark can grow up to 8 to 12 feet long so they're not the biggest sharks. People don`t know about the goblin sharks population but one day, shortly after an earthquake near china, about 100 dead goblin sharks washed ashore so people think that there is a large population deep under the sea. People call goblin sharks the ugliest living sharks and aliens from outer space. Goblin shark attacks are very rare. Goblin sharks have very poor eyesight. In fact, the only  goblin shark attack I`ve heard of was because a goblin shark mistook a diver for a fish.

The Mako Shark

The mako sharks are the fastest sharks in the world. The mako shark can jump over ten feet! Mako`s are built for speed. Their muscles are arranged diffrently then other sharks. Their muscles are like propellers that push them forword. Even their tails have the right proportions to make them move faster, with maximum forword thrust and minimum drag to slow them down. Mako`s have sharp and pointy teeth. Males can grow to 10 feet long and females average 12 and a half feet. Mako`s are blueish gray.

Great White Shark

            the  great white shark... The great white shark is one of the most dangerous sharks in the world. One of the reasons that people fear them so much is because of the movie  Jaws. The great white`s body inspired submarine designs. Most people don`t get to see the great white`s features. Here are some features so you can reconize the great white... Number one, great white`s have two to two and a half inch teeth. Number two, great white`s have small cone shaped noses. Number three, great   white`s have sawlike teeth for ripping flesh. Number four, great white`s are gray on the top and white on the bottom. Great white`s teeth aren`t the strongest though. Tiger sharks teeth are stronger than a great white`s. Great white`s don`t like to be put in tanks. Scientists once put a great white in a tank to study it but it wasen`t eating it`s food and it was ramming it's self agenst the walls. So, they put it back in the ocean. One of the great white`s favorite food`s is seal meat. Great white sharks have excellent vision and sense of smell. Great white`s can grow up to 21 feet long!