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90% of sharks disappear due to hunting
Oceanography

90% of sharks disappear due to hunting

90% of large predatory fish, such as sharks, have been lost by large-scale industrial fishing vessels. According to environmental protection organizations, without effec…

December 17, 2018
Sharks on the Bahamas
Oceanography

Sharks on the Bahamas

Undeniably sharks are the sea gods who are always ready to eat any prey, including people. It is a mass murderer, has an emotionless look, appears suddenly like ghosts,…

December 17, 2018
The more salty the sea, the less blood sharks are
Oceanography

The more salty the sea, the less blood sharks are

The amount of blood in each shark depends on the salinity of the surrounding seawater. Similarly, the volume of other liquids is also regulated by the environment. This…

December 17, 2018
Sharks also need guards
Oceanography

Sharks also need guards

According to a recent WWF study, more than 7 million sharks and stingrays die each year from the fishing process of Langleinen, Germany, on the African coast of Africa.…

December 17, 2018
IUCN: Endangered sharks!
Oceanography

IUCN: Endangered sharks!

World conservation experts on February 22 warn: the threat to marine shark species is more serious than humans mistakenly believe and without protection measures, animals

December 17, 2018
Sharks are reduced in size
Oceanography

Sharks are reduced in size

Oceanographers are raising alarms about the world's largest shark species that are in danger of being reduced in size. Dr Mark Meekan of the Australian Institute of Mari…

December 17, 2018
Ugly sharks
Oceanography

Ugly sharks

Orectolobus ornatus is a slow shark that lives on the seabed. They camouflage to avoid large fish and also use camouflage to hunt. Bad fish: flat body, meat

December 17, 2018
Hammerhead sharks
Oceanography

Hammerhead sharks

The scientific name is Sphyrna mokarran, this fish has a hammer-like head. That strange rafting head is probably an adaptive way to help them detect prey more easily: wh…

December 17, 2018
Humans and sharks have the same ancestors
Archeology

Humans and sharks have the same ancestors

According to a new report published by the University of Chicago research team (USA), at 440 million years ago, a common ancestor of humans and sharks once existed on Ea…

December 17, 2018
Not Megalodon, this is the first person to
Archeology

Not Megalodon, this is the first person to

According to archaeological data of scientists after the discovery of their fossils in the Midwestern United States, Cladoselache is the ancestor of the shark.

December 17, 2018