Sunday, December 26, 2010

10 Types of World's Biggest Shark


1 .
Bigeye thresher shark

         Type of Bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus, is ranked 10th in the world's largest shark species. Bigeye thresher shark species can be found in the equatorial ocean regions of the world and can be found at a depth of 1650 feet on the seabed. Bigeye thresher shark has a characteristic purplish gray and short lives of 15.1 feet and reach up to 795 lbs (360.60 kg).

2 . Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
        Sharks Bluntnose Sixgill, Hexanchus griseus, is a type of shark into the 9th largest in the world and is often known as the cow sharks. Sharks Bluntnose Sixgill is the kind of family Hexanchidae; Most species of shark you are already extinct. The color of these sharks were berwariasi from brown to near black. These sharks can live up to 15.8 feet long, but this shark is bigger than ever seen.



3 . Thresher Shark
        Almost similar to 'her little brother, Bigeye thresher Shark', is a breed of shark that can live over 18 feet. This is what causes the shark thresher shark ranked the 8th largest world. Sharks are his ordinary life in equatorial waters of the world. Thresher sharks are often seen 'slim' but do not be fooled by his deceptions, because this shark can weigh up to 1100 lbs (498.95 kg).



4 . Great Hammerhead Shark
     Great Hammerhead, Sphyma mokarran is the biggest shark of all kinds of hammerhead sharks that can live to 20 feet. Great Hammerheads can be found all over the world like a shark - sharks that live in the waters of the equator. Unlike other sharks, the Great Hammerhead shark is feeling human being as a danger, they (Great Hammerheads) is a little 'more timid' in the appeal of sharks - the other sharks, and often felt to avoid humans. Great Hammerhead Shark in the largest ever caught by man is the kind of female weighing 1280 lbs (580.59 kg).

5. Greenland Shark
         Shark Greenland Shark with the Latin name Somniosus Microcephalus or in the know with 'sleeper shark', 'gurry shark', ground shark ',' gray shark 'or' Inuit Eqalussuaq. This shark is a shark that big and can be found in waters around the north Atlantic, especially many in the near Greenland and Iceland. Shark species can live 21 feet long and live for 200 years! They (Greenland), famous for its invertebrate animals that ever lived longest. Greenland tend to live at a depth of 6600 feet below sea level, but this Greenland shark ever caught on camera in a shallow sea as low as 24 feet! Imagine!

6. Pacific Sleeper Shark
    Pacific Sleeper Shark, Somniosus pacificus, is the other heavy shark that can live over 23 feet and weigh up to 800 lbs (362.87 kg). One thing that makes this attractive shark species is that they are one of the few shark species that can be found in low temperature region (the area facing the pole). Another thing it is that they usually live in the deep ocean, with depths up to 6500 feet below sea level.

7. Tiger Shark
        Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo Cuvier ranked the 4th largest shark in the world with up to 24.3 feet long! This large shark is able to live so that 2000 lbs (907.18 kg) and the famously known for his cruelty! Not only eat all kinds of marine life, but they (Tiger) is also famous for attacking swimmers. As the name implies, this shark is very similar to the style of tigers, they usually live in peairan equatorial regions of the world but more likely in the vicinity peairan Pacific.

8. Great White Shark
        Great White Shark, Carcharodon Carcharias, is one of the sharks of the world's. This shark can live long and 26.2 feet weight to 5000 lbs (2267.96 kg)! Great White Shark was the last of the type species of shark, Carcharodon. Unfortunately for us as human beings, these sharks can be found near the beach in all oceans, so if all else agan agan-vacation, make sure you do not swim with this type!

9. Basking Shark
     Basking sharks, Cetorhinus Maximus is one of a very large shark and the basking shark to make it occupies the position of the 2nd largest shark world. Basking sharks can live 40-foot and never caught weighing up to 19 tons! However, despite this big, the shark species tend to be slow and not the alias  predator predators.

10. Whale Shark
      Whale Shark, shark Rhincodon Typus is the LARGEST in the world! Although large, whale sharks (Whale Shark) is also not the same predators as basking sharks, they are slow-moving shark who just ate 'phytoplankton' or very small animals that live in the sea. The whale shark can live to 41 feet and weigh up to 15 tons!. The whale shark is the same as its other sharks that can be found in the sea around the equator and the warm waters; Species that come from life 60 million years ago was able to live up to 70 years.



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