User:RilesToniles

Shark & Orca Obsessed Lunatic

Many Sharks Species Are Endangered. Coconuts Are More Dangerous Than Sharks. Sharks Can Lose More Than 30,000 Teeth In A Lifetime. Sharks Can't Get Cavities. Shark Skin Is More Like Teeth Than Fish Scales. Depending On The Species, Sharks Can Give Birth In Three Different Ways Sharks are color blind Sharks have been in our oceans for over 400 million years. Sharks have survived five massive planet extinction events. Some of the sharks that we can see and dive with today have not changed for over 150 million years. Orca Facts Despite their name, killer whales are actually a dolphin – the largest species of oceanic dolphin The name killer whale derives from their original name ‘whale killers’ given to them by sailors who saw them hunting whales. Over time, the name eventually switched around. The name ‘orca‘ comes from their Latin species name Orcinus orca, where orcinus translates to mean ‘Kingdom of the dead’ Whilst they can and do eat prey such as finfish and marine mammals, New Zealand orca have become specialised at hunting sharks and rays. They can often be seen up around rocky reefs and in the shallows of beaches while they are hunting The average life span of an orca is not too dissimilar to a human, at 50-80 years for females and slightly less for males at 29-60 years. Orcas have the second largest brain of any animal in the world