Marvelous Sharks By: Dylan Casstevens

Table of Contents Introduction…………………….…1 Hunting…………………………………2 What they look like ……….…3 Babies……………………………..……4 Where they live ……………… 5 Glossary……………………………….6

Sharks are cool animals. There are more than 370 species of sharks. They are a type of fish.

Hunting Sharks can kill seal or sea lions. They also eat dolphins and wee little fish. They chomp shrimp and tuna.

Sharks look amazing. The whale shark is the biggest shark. Some sharks are as huge as a pickup truck. Sharks do not have bones. Their skeleton is made of cartilage. Cartilage is a bendable tissue that helps them swim and hunt. They have a big fin on their back called a dorsal fin. It helps it balance. They have sharp teeth in their mouth. Some sharks have 3000 teeth.

Babies The baby sharks are called pups. The eggs are in a mermaids purse. Most sharks do not lay eggs. They give birth to their pups. Their mothers do not take care of them.

Where they live Sharks live in salt water. Some sharks live in rivers. Some live in caves in the sea. Some live in the sand.

Super fish Has a dorsal fin Amazing fish Roomy jaws Kills prey Sharks can’t float

Glossary Cartilage: a bendable tissue that a sharks skeletons Dorsal fin: the big triangle fin on their back Pups: baby sharks Mermaids purse: A case that keeps a shark egg