Sharks don’t really need to wear eyeglasses you know why? Because they have a great eyesight! Let’s learn five shocking sharks facts for kids.
Just like their name suggests, Hammerhead sharks have a long flat shaped head, and what’s even weirder is that their eyes are on either end of their huge hammer shaped head! They can even see up and down at the same time! I think I’d get dizzy.
Sharks have been around for 420 million years! That’s right: sharks existed before dinosaurs.
Sharks are extremely efficient at what they do and have few natural predators, which is why they have survived for so long.
Did you know sharks don’t have ANY bones? Yea, they are made of cartilage, the same stuff that makes our ears stick out and the tips of our noses hard but soft at the same time!
Sharks have really good eyesight but they don’t always even use it! When hunting sharks put out electrical pulses that can detect fish around them so that even if the fish isn’t in their eyeline they can twist round and catch them!
Don’t sharks look really smooth? Well actually if you ever felt their skin it would feel just like sandpaper! The feeling is caused by the little teeth-like structures on their skin that point towards their tails to reduce friction when swimming.
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