How Big Is The Biggest Recorded Whale Shark?

Answer: The Guinness Book of Records has the World’s Largest fish (a Whale Shark) registered as 12.65 meters which are 41 feet 6 inches. However, there are versions that whale sharks could reach up to 60 feet, but this is not confirmed.     Links to other pages...

How Many Feet Long Is A Shark?

Answer: Shark size varies according to the species. The largest shark is the whale shark which is up to 41 feet long. The great white shark is up to 20 feet long. Bull sharks can reach up to 11 feet. Tiger sharks can measure between 10 to 14 feet.     Links to other...

Why Are Sharks Going Extinct?

Answer: Some shark species are going extinct because of excessive human fishing and predation. People kill sharks for trading, sports, medicine, meals or just because they are afraid of sharks. Sharks have been around for more than 400 million years, and now after all...

How Big Is The Shark Brain?

Answer: The brain size of sharks is not the same in every shark species, some of them have a Y-shaped brain with two bulbs. Some writers have said that the shark brain is the size of a golf ball, but this is not accurate. The brain mass to body mass ratio in sharks is...

How Many Layers Of Teeth Do Sharks Have?

Answer: They have many rows of teeth in each jaw. Shark teeth quickly fall as they are not firmly attached to the jaws. Therefore they replace the falling teeth with the ones in the row behind.     Links to other pages in this site What Color Is The Hammerhead Shark?...

Why Do People Kill Sharks?

Answer: Sometimes people kill sharks for sport while fishing. Other times, humans kill sharks for fishing to use their meat as food and to use their fins for medicinal purposes. A large number of sharks is a victim of bycatch, as result of commercial fishing since...