I have always had a passion for sharks, and now that I am getting older, I am able to start cultivating that passion and begin figuring out ways to aid and help conserve sharks and in turn the ocean ecosystem. Recently, I have been watching loads of shark documentaries and my passion for sharks has just kept growing. So what are sharks? food, habitat, lifecycle. How do they swim? anatomy. What threats are sharks facing? Humans and environmental issues. So what are sharks? Sharks are a type of fish that make up a part of the subclass Elasmobranchii which is a part of the class Chondrichthyes [2], making them a sister species to skates and rays [1]. Sharks are characterized as having 5 to 7 gills. They also have tough skin that is made up of small tooth like scales [2], these are called dermal denticles. Sharks also do not have a swim bladder, (the bladder used to keep fish in one place in the water), therefore they have to keep swimming in order to stop themselves from sinking ...
