The longest great hammerhead shark measured at 20 feet, and the heaviest weighed a whopping 1280 pounds! Great hammerhead sharks prefer shallow waters and are usually found up to 262 feet deep.
John Long is a palaeontologist who has studied in depth the 450-million-year history of sharks. When Professor Long joined ABC Conversations he schooled Richard Fidler on some impressive facts ...
Despite their size, whale sharks pose no threat to humans, as they feed by filtering plankton and small fish from the water. Despite their size, whale sharks swim at a leisurely pace of around 3 ...
A mother typically gives birth to 2-10 baby sharks, called pups, but she doesn’t take care of them and might even try to eat them. Great whites can smell seals from two miles away and can detect one ...