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Admiring the moon and stars

@dianastar

A 20 something year old that has too many interests for their own good. Currently (and for the foreseeable future) obsessed with Yuri!!!On ice, Necromancer Survival, and Mo Dao Zu Shi.

I LOVE SHARKS!! Here’s some facts about sharks:

  • Sharks are under threat! Humans catching sharks on purpose and on accident is a big crisis right now. In addition, climate change is affecting sharks too! And nobody cares.
  • Even though sharks are “scary,” they play a really important role as an apex predator.
  • When you flip sharks upside down, they go into this trance.
  • Sharks! Have no bones! They’re just full of cartilage. How cool is that?
  • They’re a special type of fish called an “elasmobranch.” ^^
  • Sharks have the thickest skin of any animal, and the largest brains of any fish.
  • Shark skin’s texture is similar to sandpaper.
  • Sharks don’t like the taste of humans. On average, only about 16 shark attacks happen per year, and only becuase sharks mistake humans for their natural prey.
  • Scientists measure the age of sharks by counting the rings on their vertebrae.
  • There are over 500 species of sharks.
  • Sharks have super good eyesight!
  • They have these special black spots that let them sense electromagnetic fields and temperature shifts underwater.
  • Sharks can only swim forward, not backward.
  • The oldest shark fossils are from around 455 million years ago. Even though they don’t have bones, they can fossilize!
  • Whale sharks spots are like human fingertips! They’re all special and unique!
  • The smallest shark is the dwarf lantern shark. The largest is the whale shark.
  • Sharks have eyelids.
  • Different shark species reproduce in different ways. Some sharks lay eggs, some give birth.
  • Great white sharks can jump up to ten feet in the air!
  • Even though most sharks are cold-blooded, Great White Sharks are warm-blooded!
  • Sharks just... don’t sleep! They have to constantly pump water through their mouth or they’ll die.
  • Sharks have smooth scales, compared to fish which have rough scales.
  • Sharks typically have around 40-45 teeth in seven rows. They can go by 30,000 teeth in their lifetime because of how often they lose them.
  • Can hear up to 3,000 feet away.
  • The biggest threat to sharks is humans! But sharks do have predators; larger sharks, killer whales, seals, and crocodiles.
  • Hammerhead sharks are one of the few species that hunt in groups.
  • There are around 440 known species of shark!
  • I had somebody in the comments suggest a few facts that I haven’t been able to verify yet, but you should see them anyway:
  • Some shark species eat plants! I find this very fascinating!
  • Great White sharks cannot be held in captivity.

Happy Birthday to Viktor and Merry Christmas to everyone! Their rings is brighter than my future 😂

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Someone help Cas he’s trying to confess his love and Dean keeps infodumping world news on him it’s been over 2 years he still doesn’t have an answer