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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sharks

WTOP Staff

August 6, 2014, 11:30 AM

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Shark Diversity There are more than 350 different kinds of sharks under the sea, according to Shark Facts. The one pictured here happens to be a hammerhead.

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Built for Speed Denticles, or scales, face the opposite direction from which a shark swims in order to reduce drag and increase speed, according to Discovery.

Pictured: Children of a kindergarten admire the giant model of a megamouth shark at the Natural History Museum in Schleusingen, central Germany.

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Shark Bait If you find yourself in an unfortunate confrontation with a shark, head to the front or back of its body -- those are its only blind spots. Otherwise, a shark has almost perfect 360-degree eyesight, according to Discovery.

Pictured: In this image released by Syfy, sharks attack a man in a scene from the Syfy original film "Sharknado."

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Snack Time Humans aren't the only creatures that like calamari. Many types of sharks like to snack on squid and octopus.

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Why Stop There? The bigger the shark, the bigger the appetite? Maybe. According to Discovery, "like great whites, Greenland sharks eat seal. But they also have eaten polar bears, horses, moose and even reindeer."

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Say Cheese Not all sharks have sharp teeth. Some, like the horn shark, have flat teeth in order to crush its food. But the Mako shark, pictured here, has razor-sharp chompers.

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And Speaking of Teeth A prehistoric shark called helicoprion had a circular blade of terrifying teeth.(AP Photo)

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Battle Royale Think a shark will always win in a fight against a seal? Not necessarily. Sometimes the seal wins. And sometimes, the seal outsmarts the shark.(AP Photo)
Home Sweet Home Hammerhead sharks are nomadic. They travel from Florida to polar regions and adapt to different temperatures through aquatic globetrotting, according to Discovery.

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Goblin Sharks Exist That fact alone is kind of crazy. So what is a goblin shark? Hint: It has a long, flat snout works like a metal detector.(AP Photo)
Shark Facts To find more shark facts, check out Discovery's Fun Fact Roulette.(AP Photo)
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