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Sharks

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/23/16924796/shark-fear-donations-conservation
Originally, sharks are type of fish that live in the sea or ocean. Sharks have lived on earth for
almost 400 million years. Today there are about 375 species of sharks. The smallest is the dwarf
dogfish which less than 20 centimeters log. The huge whale shark can be more than 15 meters long.
Like all fish, sharks are included vertebrates (animals with a bone) A shark’s skeleton, however, is
not made of bone. It is made of flexible material called cartilage.
Sharks live in seas all over the world. Most sharks live in warm waters. However, sharks have been
spotted near the North and South Pole. Sharks live in salat water, but some can live for a while in fresh
water. Bull sharks, for example, can swim up the Missisippi River. Some kinds of sharks live in shallow
water along coastlines, Other sharks live far out in the open ocean. A few species live deep down in the
sea.
Most sharks have powerful jaws and rows of sharp, triangular teeth. They use their teeth and
jaws to crush their prey or tear out pieces of flesh. You teeth are anchored in your jaw. A shark’s teeth
are set into its gums. Sharks often lose teeth growing behind the first set. As a shark loses teeth, new
ones move forward to replace them.
Fish, along with shellfish, is the favourite food of most meat-eating sharks. Great white shark will
sometimes eat larger sea creatures such as seals, dolphins, whales and other marine mammals.
Sharks play an important role in keeping ecosystems in balance. Sharks often eat weak or
diseased animals. Biologists fear that without sharks, the number of other animals in the sea would
quickly grow out control and eat all the food. It might take many years to restore the delicate balance
that sharks help maintain.

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