I don't know anyone who isn't fascinated by sharks. They appear in books, films, cartoons and documentaries all over the world and yet we still know little about them, just that they like eating!
Brave people go in shark cages and film them for us or we can go to the aquariums and watch them swimming around. I especially love the aquariums that have those great walk through tunnels and they swim around you. Did you know that the shark tank in the Dubai Shopping Mall sprang a leak? They had to evacuate the Mall pretty quickly, but they repaired it safely and the sharks are still inside!
Anyway, I have a few interesting facts for you about sharks that you can impress your friends with.
Sharks can sense a drop of blood from a distance of 2 ½ miles away.
A shark can detect one part of blood to 100 million parts of water!
The Mega Mouth shark was not discovered until 1976. It has a mouth 3ft wide with a body of 16ft long. They are so rare that only 14 have ever been seen.
