Bruce and Chum's Shark Spotlight

Shark Family: Requim sharks

Shark Brothers: Spinner sharks, Galapogos sharks, Silvertip sharks

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU)

Life Style

Silky sharks are bold and inquisitive sharks which live in shallower waters, only going as deep as 200m (656ft).
They live in tropical waters, such as the Carribean, and are found in warm waters across the world.
There, they eat squid, octopus, and crab.
They hunt using their keen hearing and by diving into schools of fish with their mouths open.
These sharks grow on average to 3m (9ft) long.
Silky sharks are ovoviviparous, meaning they give birth to live pups in numbers between 15-20.
As pups, they will stay on the reefs until they are big enough to fare in the open ocean.

Facts

Silky sharks are so called for their denticles are tightly packed and overlay, giving them a smoother texture than sharks usually have.
They partake in a display of opening their jaws wide and puffing their gills. They then shoot to the surface and glide back down. No one knows why.
When swimming about in the ocean, they can be found swimming along with tuna and scalloped hammerheads. They sometimes even hunt the tuna.
They are at risk of extinction from shark finning.

Chum's Rating: 3.5 clams

Bruce's Rating: 4 clams

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