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FACT#22

Sharks almost never get sick.

“Shark tissue appears to have anticoagulant and antibacterial properties. Scientists are studying it in hopes of finding treatments fro a number of medical conditions, including viruses, cystic fibrosis and some forms of cancer,” explains Conservation International. 

Sharks are really strong in every aspects. Not just with good teeth, sixth sense, but anticoagulant and antibacterial properties in their tissue. Amazing! And doing research about this topic might give human beings a hint of healing certain serious medical conditions. Sharks are helping us again! 

FACT#21

Sharks have a sixth sense that human don’t: the ability to detect electrical fields. Special organs in their snouts enable them to pick up on the tiny electrical pulses emitted from the muscle movements or beating hearts of potential prey.

FACT#20

The focus of the pic isn’t the red colour Porsche, but ITS BOSS - SHORTFIN MAKO!

The “Shortfin Mako” shark can accelerate faster than a Porsche!!!!!!!

FACT#19

Through a phenomenon called parthenogenesis, female sharks can produce offspring without help from males. The egg essentially fertilizes itself.

Well, feminism existed in sharks’ world before human world. 

FACT#18

A species called the Lantern shark can glow to disguise themselves in the deep ocean.

“They ‘emit’ the same amount of light as that which is filtering down from above; this way, they don’t create a ‘shadow’,” reports Douglas Main of Live Science.  “Velvet belly lantern sharks have glowing spines that may be used to ward off predators.”

FACT#17

The author of Jaws dedicated the last decade of his life to the preservation of sharks to make up for the mass hysteria he helped create. 

FACT#16

There’s a shark in Greenland that eats polar bears and can live up to 200 years.