Sharks
By:Nicholas Harrison
Characteristics
A sharks scientific name is Squalus cardarias.A shark is a fish and is a vertebrate.Next,some sharks can be torpedo shaped.Then, they can be a light shade of blue, and gray.overall, the whale shark is the largest and is 40 ft long.
Behaviors
The shark is vary peaceful animal,but the great white shark is the one that gives them all a bad name.All sharks only attack ether If they think you are a seal or they are really hungry.Next to all that,sharks are vary picky If you go In their area.
Predators and Prey
A shark has two different predators.One of them are bigger sharks.The second are humans that hunt them for their skin.They have many prey including:Seals,Birds,Dolphins,and every thing else in their habitat.There are some like the whale shark that eats krill.
Habitat
A shark's habitat Is anywhere.They have been discovered In rivers,lake,and ponds.A shark Is just like a caveman was,They always go where their prey goes.The bull shark is the only one who can live in the ponds,rivers,and lakes.
Population
The sharks population is decreasing rapidly.People are killing them for their scales and fins.
There are over 400 types but they all get killed for medicine.Their skin can be turned in to medicine and that is another reason they are decreasing in population.People need to learn just to leave them alone.
Work Cited
"Sharks." Helper.com.deVeloper,2012.Web.12 May 2014. Tefil,James.Science.Evanston:McDougal Littell,2007.print.