6. Types of Sharks

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There are many types of sharks.

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Many sharks are fairly large, such as the great hammerhead which are 15 to

20 feet long

The great white shark is also about 15 to 20 feet long

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It gives birth to live young

The largest shark is the whale shark

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Which averages 40 feet long

The smallest shark is the pygmy dogfish

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Which is only 5 or 6 inches long

Some sharks are very dangerous

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The great white shark is probably the best-known and most dangerous shark

The great white lives in cool temperate and tropical waters

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Great white sharks are feared because they have attacked people many times

The whale shark and the basking shark are not dangerous to people

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These large sharks do not even eat other fish

They eat tiny ocean plants and animals called plankton

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The basking shark floats on the surface as if it is basking in the sun

The hammerhead shark is an unusual shark

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Its head is T-shaped like a hammer and its eyes are on each end of the crossbar

of the T

Hammerheads are found in tropical oceans

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They sometimes travel in schools

Dogfish are small sharks that live in temperate or tropical seas

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Unlike the great white shark, the dogfish lays eggs

Some species of dogfish shark lay eggs but some give a live birth

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Here the dogfish shark is giving live birth and the baby comes out tail first

The eggs are in cases that cling to seaweed until they hatch

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Like most other fish, young sharks can take care of themselves from birth