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Swimming in the ocean blue… Sharks! For many years sharks ruled as fast swimming hunters. They do it without a bone in their body. If you are wondering what their skeletons are made up of its cartilage, a thick elastic substance. Three sharks you would be reading about are the whale shark, wobbegong, and cookie cutter shark. The whale shark is the biggest fish in the sea. It is 46 feet the size of two school buses! Even though it is big they eat the tiniest of plankton. The whale shark also migrate vast distances. Wobbengongs are master disguisers. Sometimes they are called carpet sharks because of the way they look. Most sharks to survive have to keep on swimming so gills could pump oxygen from the water. But the wobbegongs are different. They are ambush sharks, so they ambush their prey. They have to blend in with the bottom of the ocean to catch prey. Wobbegongs have lived in the ocean for about 160 million years. Wobbengongs are master disguisers. Sometimes they are called carpet sharks because of the way they look. Most sharks to survive have to keep on swimming so gills could pump oxygen from the water. But the wobbegongs are different. They are ambush sharks, so they ambush their prey. They have to blend in with the bottom of the ocean to catch prey. Wobbegongs have lived in the ocean for about 160 million years.

The cookie cutter sharks know how to bite and run. Whenever there’s a large fish it bites an inch deep perfect circle. It will probably kill the prey or it’ll heal. The cookie cutters also have suction lips to help it clip onto its prey and bite out the flesh. All over the world sharks are being under attack. You know sharks are better in captivity then the outside world. People are trying to make sure sharks survive. Governments are protecting sharks from overfishing. Aquariums teach people about the lives of [|sharks].