A whale shark caught in 1996 was pregnant with how many pups?
300
Angel sharks fall into what shark order?
Squatiniformes
Dogfish sharks fall into what shark order?
Squaliformes
Evidence points to sharks beginning their existence in what
period?
Orodovician
How long is the world's smallest shark?
Under 20 cm
How long was the longest Great White ever recorded?
37 feet
How many different sets of teeth do sharks have throughout
their life?
Over 30
In the folklore of many nations, shark eggs are perceived as bags belonging to mythological ocean creatures. What creatures?
Mermaids
Shark eggs develop slowly, in some species gestation lasts more than... ?
2 years
Sharks are included in a total of how many biological
orders?
13
Sharks come from what branch of fish?
Elasmobranchii
Sharks have how many gill slits on the sides of their heads?
5 to 7
The 1999 film “Deep Blue Sea” featured what actor being
swallowed by a shark?
Samuel L. Jackson
The Basking shark, with a length of up to 10 meters, is one of the world's largest sharks. What does it eat?
Plankton
The earliest sharks date back to how many years ago?
420 million
The Thresher shark has a very long tail fin. How much of the total length of the shark is actually its tail?
Half
The tiger shark gives birth to live babies. How do the babies behave in their mom's belly?
They eat each other
What did mariners call sharks in the 16th century?
Sea dogs
What is the whale's shark Latin name?
Rhincodon typus
Great White Shark
What order of sharks is known as carpet sharks?
Orectolobiformes
What order of sharks is known as ground sharks?
Carcharhiniformes
What order of sharks is known as mackerel sharks?
Lamniformes
What protects a sharks skin from external damage?
Dermal denticles
What was the longest shark in the history of the world?
Megalodon
Which of these shark species is possibly the smallest shark
in the world?
Dwarf lanternshark
Which of these shark species lives in freshwater?
Bull shark
Which species of shark is infamous for attacks on humans?
The Great white shark
Who played the part of Captain Quint in the 1975 film
“Jaws”?
Robert Shaw