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SKILLS AND SENSES 9

FAST FACTS

Salmon sharks find strength The great white shark is the
in numbers, hunting in groups biggest of all predatory sharks,
of up to 40 individuals. at 6 m (20 ft), and hunts alone.

The longest superyacht measures
a whopping 180 m (590 ft) long.

1 km (0.6 miles)

Dead remains or injured
prey, such as this dolphin, leave
a scent trail. The blacktip reef
shark scavenges these animals,
but also hunts smaller fish.

ON IMPULSE

The hammerhead
Blood droplets shark has sensory
can flow a long organs along its wide
distance through the head that detect the
water, creating a perfect electrical impulses of
trail for the blacktip reef its prey. This helps the
shark to find the injured
prey. The blood from shark to locate prey,
the injured prey thins to such as stingrays,
mere droplets over 1 km that hide under the
(0.6 miles) – just enough sand on the seabed.
for the shark to detect.

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