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Sharks
There are more than 400 different ____________________ of shark , including the great white shark , grey reef shark , hammerhead shark and tiger shark .
Sharks can be found in every ____________________ . The most shark attacks have been in ____________________ , South Africa , America and Brazil .
Some types of shark can be ____________________ , but only about 12 species have ever attacked humans .
What sharks eat depends on their species and where they are . Most sharks are ____________________ eaters so they like to eat fish and other sharks . Some larger sharks eat ____________________ , sea lions and small whales .
Smaller sharks eat small aquatic life like clams and ____________________ .

Big Facts
1 . A group of sharks is called a shoal , school or shiver .
2 . Sharks have a skeleton of cartilage but no ____________________ !
3 . A baby shark is called a pup .

What are they good at ?
Sharks can ____________________ a single drop of blood in the water from 400 metres away . They can hear fish moving from around 500 metres away . Great white sharks can ____________________ up to 18mph !

Amazing Fact !
Most shark species would die if they stopped moving . As long as they keep ____________________ , water keeps moving over their ____________________ , which keeps them aliv e