Sharks ROURKE Media Educational Don McLeese rourkeeducationalmedia com Teacher Notes available at rem4teachers com
Chapter 1 Don’t Be Afraid But Be Careful Do sharks scare you Have you ever worried about being eaten by one Of all the fish in the sea many people are most afraid of sharks This is because the shark is a carnivore which means that it eats other animals Most of the animals it eats are other fish It even eats other sharks with bigger ones attacking smaller ones And yes some sharks eat people but don’t worry this isn’t very common Great White Shark feeding 4
Some sharks are only five inches long 12 7 centimeters and weigh about an ounce 28 3 grams The biggest fish is the whale shark which can be 40 feet long 12 19 meters and weigh 15 tons 13,608 kilograms This is twice as heavy as an elephant But the whale shark swims very slowly and eats plants and small fish so people don’t need to be afraid of it Whale Shark with diver Did You Know There are more than 400 types or species of sharks Only a few dozen of those are any threat to people Great White Shark Tiger Shark Bull Shark Hammerhead Shark In general sharks attack only around 100-150 people a year Your chances are greater of being killed by insects such as bees or by lightning 5
