Bruce and Chum's Shark Spotlight

Bruce and Chum's Shark Spotlight

Silky Sharks




Shark Family: Requim sharks
Shark Brothers: Spinner sharks, Galapogos sharks, Silvertip sharks

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU)

Photo from IUCN Red List

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.


Photo from Project AWARE

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


Listening to: Robbie Williams

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