amazing sharks

Most sharks have good eyesight.

• yes

• no

Sharks can go into a trance. 

• yes

• no

Each whale shark’s spot pattern is unique as a fingerprint. 

• yes

• no

The sea is the only place where sharks can be found.

There aren’t species that can travel up and down rivers.

• yes

• no

Sharks sleep and rest with their eyes close

• yes

• no

Some shark species drown if they stop moving

• yes

• no

The smallest shark is the dwarf lantern shark; it measures six inches (15 centimeters)

• yes

• no

Sharks have one row of teeth

• yes

• no

Answer explanation

Sharks get through up to 30,000 teeth in a lifetime. They never stop generating new teeth. Teeth grow from back and move forward when needed, so if a tooth breaks in the front row, there’s always a row behind it.

Sharks are found in all the world’s major oceans, even in the Arctic.

• yes

• no

Sharks detect a blood drop in an Olympic pool

• yes

• no