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Lauren McMullen

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Sharks are cartilaginous fish most closely related to skates and rays. There are over 400 shark species occurring worldwide, with wide variance in size and habits. Most are carnivores, although some eat plankton.

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Sharks are cartilaginous fish most closely related to skates and rays. There are over 400 shark species occurring worldwide, with wide variance in size and habits. Most are carnivores, although some eat plankton.

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Shark - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark
FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Sharks

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department Sharks homepage. This page contains educational sections about the biology ecology and conservation of fishes and sharks.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/fpsr/about
Shark Week - Discovery

Find all things shark on discovery channel, shark week.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/
Sharks - Shark Pictures - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about sharks with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/sharks
Sharks - Environment - The Guardian

Find articles about sharks here at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/sharks
Animal Planet Live - Sharks

Watch Shark Cam on Animal Planet LIVE, the web's top destination for Animal Planet programming and live animal cameras.
http://www.apl.tv/sharks.htm
Sharks - 2016 Articles - LiveScience

Interesting facts about sharks; underwater videos of sharks in their natural habitat; and the latest articles about sharks and their origin.
http://www.livescience.com/topics/sharks/
The Shark Trust - A-Z of Sharks

The Shark Trust is the UK registered charity working to advance the worldwide conservation of sharks through science, education, influence and action.
http://www.sharktrust.org/juniors/_junior_a-z_of_sharks
Shark - Species - WWF

There are over 400 shark species. Learn about sharks, as well as the threats this species faces, what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/shark
Shark Facts: Attack Stats, Record Swims, More

Did you know that sharks are among Earth's most ancient animals? Or that in the U.S., lightning strikes and kills more people in one year, on average, than sharks do in twenty?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0613_050613_sharkfacts.html

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Sharks Temporal range: Early Jurassic– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible records extend back to Early Permian

A grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Infraclass:	Euselachii
Clade:	Neoselachii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha Nelson, 1984
Orders
Galeomorphii Carcharhiniformes Heterodontiformes Orectolobiformes Lamniformes Squalomorphii Hexanchiformes Pristiophoriformes Squaliformes Squatiniformes ?†Synechodontiformes
Synonyms
Pleurotremata Selachii

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Shark - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark
FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Sharks

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department Sharks homepage. This page contains educational sections about the biology ecology and conservation of fishes and sharks.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/fpsr/about
Shark Week - Discovery

Find all things shark on discovery channel, shark week.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/
Sharks - Shark Pictures - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about sharks with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/sharks
Sharks - Environment - The Guardian

Find articles about sharks here at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/sharks
Animal Planet Live - Sharks

Watch Shark Cam on Animal Planet LIVE, the web's top destination for Animal Planet programming and live animal cameras.
http://www.apl.tv/sharks.htm
Sharks - 2016 Articles - LiveScience

Interesting facts about sharks; underwater videos of sharks in their natural habitat; and the latest articles about sharks and their origin.
http://www.livescience.com/topics/sharks/
The Shark Trust - A-Z of Sharks

The Shark Trust is the UK registered charity working to advance the worldwide conservation of sharks through science, education, influence and action.
http://www.sharktrust.org/juniors/_junior_a-z_of_sharks
Shark - Species - WWF

There are over 400 shark species. Learn about sharks, as well as the threats this species faces, what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/shark
Shark Facts: Attack Stats, Record Swims, More

Did you know that sharks are among Earth's most ancient animals? Or that in the U.S., lightning strikes and kills more people in one year, on average, than sharks do in twenty?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0613_050613_sharkfacts.html

Sharks Temporal range: Early Jurassic– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible records extend back to Early Permian

A grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Infraclass:	Euselachii
Clade:	Neoselachii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha Nelson, 1984
Orders
Galeomorphii Carcharhiniformes Heterodontiformes Orectolobiformes Lamniformes Squalomorphii Hexanchiformes Pristiophoriformes Squaliformes Squatiniformes ?†Synechodontiformes
Synonyms
Pleurotremata Selachii

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Sharks are cartilaginous fish most closely related to skates and rays. There are over 400 shark species occurring worldwide, with wide variance in size and habits. Most are carnivores, although some eat plankton.

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