Frilled Shark

Depth: 20 - 1,500 m (66 - 4,920 ft)

Length: 2.8 m (6.6 ft)

Fun Fact: Pregnant females 

produce extra eggs to feed

the long, snaky pups wiggling inside their tummies.

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them here:

Broadnose sevengill shark

Depth: 0 - 569 m (1,870 ft)

Length: 3 m (10 ft)

Fun Fact: This shark has been seen

"spy-hopping" - poking its head 

above water to see what's going on.

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them here:

Slendertail lantern shark

Depth: 250 - 860 m (820 - 2821 ft)

Length: 46 cm (18 in)

Fun Fact: There are more than 50

species of lanternsharks, including

the smallest shark in the world.

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them here:

Greenland shark

Depth: 2,200 m (7,200 ft)

Length: 7.3 m (24 ft)

Fun Fact: The meat of 

the Greenland shark is 

poisonous to eat.

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them here:

Prickly dogfish shark

Depth: 45 - 1,067 m (45 - 3,501 ft)

Length: 91 cm (35 in)

Fun Fact: These sharks aren't good 

swimmers. They rely on their oil-filled

liver to help them float.

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them here:

Whitetip reef shark

Depth: 8 - 40 m (26 - 131 ft)

Length: 1.7 m (5.5 ft)

Fun Fact: Whitetip reef sharks do not have to 

move to breathe and can be found lying 

motionless on the seafloor.

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them here:

Longnose sawshark

Depth: 37–146 m (121–479 ft)

Length: 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in)

Fun Fact: Its long teeth lie 

flat against its snout until a

sawshark pup is born.

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them here:

Prickly shark

Depth: 100–650 m (330–2,130 ft)

Length: 4.0 m (13.1 ft)

Fun Fact: This shark is curious 

when it meets divers, but it's

not dangerous.

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them here:

Australian angelshark

Depth: 0 - 130 m (0 - 425 ft)

Length: 1.5 m (5 ft)

Fun Fact:  Angelsharks used to be 

called "monkfish" because, from above they look

like a hooded, robed monk.

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them here:

Horn shark

Depth: Adults 0 - 11 m (0 - 36 ft)

              Young 0 -  150 m (0 - 490 ft)

Length: 1 m (3.3 ft)

Fun Fact: These sharks lay corkscrew-shaped

eggs that they wedge into crevices in rocks to 

keep them safe until they hatch.

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them here:

Great white shark

Depth: 0 - 1,200 m (0 - 3,900 ft)

Length: 6 m (20 ft)

Fun Fact: This shark is warm-blooded, so

its body temperature is higher than the 

temperature of seawater.

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them here:

Pelagic thresher shark

Depth: 0 - 150 m (0 - 492 ft)

Length: 5 m (16.4 ft)

Fun Fact: Thresher sharks

whip their tails to stun 

small fish to eat.

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them here:

Goblin shark

Depth: 0 - 1,370 m (4,490 ft)

Length: 4 m (13 ft)

Fun Fact: The goblin

shark's jaws can extend far

out to grab prey.

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them here:

Basking shark

Depth: 0 - 910 m (0 - 2,990 ft)

Length: 10 m (33 ft)

Fun Fact: This shark can filter 

1.5 million litres (330,000 gallons)

of water every hour.

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them here:

Sandtiger shark

Depth: 0 - 191 m (0 - 627 ft)

Length: 3 m (10 ft)

Fun Fact: Sandtigers give birth to the

biggest pups of any shark - they are 

about 1 m (3 ft) long.

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them here:

Whale shark

Depth: 0 - 1,900 metres (0 - 6,200 ft)

Length: 18 m (59 ft)

Fun Fact: These huge sharks give birth 

to hundreds of pups that are about

0.6 m (2 ft) long.

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them here:

Blind shark

Depth: 0 - 140 m (0 - 460 ft)

Length: 1.2 m (3.9)

Fun Fact: This hady shark lives in 

surf and rock polls, and survives

well in aquariums.

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them here:

Nurse shark

Depth: 0 - 120 m (0 - 395 ft)

Length: 3 m (10 ft)

Fun Fact: Females only give birth to 

pups every second year. In between,

they take a rest.

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them here:

Ornate wobbegong

Depth: 100 metres (330 ft)

Length: 1.7 m (5.7 ft)

Fun Fact: "Wobbegong"

is a native Australian word

meaning "shaggy beard".

You can find

them here: 

Whitespotted bamboo shark

Depth: 0 - 50 m (0 - 150 ft)

Length: 1 m (3 ft)

Fun Fact: This bamboo shark uses 

its muscly pectoral fins to crawl

over the seabed.

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them here: