VERY MEAN ANIMALS Sharks!

BY HOLT M

INTRODUCTION!

My animal is a Great white shark its scientific name is Carcharodon CarchairasLargest predatory fish on earth It lives up to 30 years! Its endangered because people want their teeth

PHYSICAL FEATURES !

It can be 15 to 20 feet longIt can weigh up to 5,000 poundsTheir teeth are 5.7 cm longThere are about 300 very sharp triangular teethTheir upper body is slate grey Their lower body is whiteTheir body looks like a torpedoTheir head is like a triangleTheir body is like a skinny pentagon

PHYSICAL FEATURES

THE TOP FIN IS CALLED THE DORSAL FIN AND IT IS LIKE A TRIANGLETHEY ALSO HAVE A TINY SECOND DORSAL FINTAIL IS CALLED THE CAUDAL FIN AND IS LIKE A BOOMERANGTHEY HAVE TWO PECTORAL FINS ON THE SIDESTHEIR EYES ARE SMALL, BLACK CIRCLESTHEY HAVE GILLS ON THE SIDE OF THEIR BODYTHEY HAVE NO NECK

HABITAT!

JAPANAMERICAAUSTRALIAAFRICAPACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN AND BY COSTLINE REEFS

CLIMATE!

IT LIVES IN COLD WATERLIKE SALT WATERIN WARM AREAS THEY LIKE COLD WATER

LANDFORMS

EAST AND WEST COAST OCEANS3FOOT WATERS AND 12 FOOT WATERSLIVES ON SAND WITH WATERLives in pacific water and Atlantic waters

PREY AND PREDATOR

Killer whales eat great white sharksPeople attack great white sharksWhat they eatThey eat sea lionsThey eat dolphinsThey eat there own babies They eat seagulls they eat turtlesSometimes they eat people bodies

WHAT EAT THEM

BEHAVIOR

Great white sharks are very activeThey are solitary a lotThey interact with other great white sharksThey communicate with body language like moving aroundThey help the envierment by cleaning up the ocean with their mouthThey survive by cleaning up the ocean

REPRODUCTION!

The babies are called pupsThey have dozens of babiesThe babies are independent at birthThey weigh 160 to 100 poundsSometimes their mom eats them when they’re bornThey hatch inside their momsThe mom can have 6 to 60 babies at the same timeTheir mom leaves them after they are born

ADAPTATION!

Its grey body blends in to the top of the water and its white blends into the sandThey keep their bodies warm so they can swim fasterThey can’t stop swimming or they will sink If they break a tooth a knew one grows inTheir body is black

Behavioral adaption

They are not eating machines They ambush there prey from the bottomThe only shark that lifts its head above the water

Physiological adaptions

Their bodies don’t have bones only cartilage which helps them move faster through the water They can change body temperature to hunt all around the oceanThey use an extra sense to feel the prey around them

BEHAVIORAL

They are not eating machinesThey ambush there prey by bottom of the preyGreat white sharks has a extra sense that helps it find fish and depends on a extra sense more than sight

FUN FACTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY WERE ALIVE WHEN DINOSAUR TIMETHEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 350 MILLON YEARSA GREAT WHITE SHARK IS THE MOST POPULAR SHARKSTHERE IS A HOCKEY TEAM CALLED THE SAN JOSE SHARKS.