Portal:Sharks/Did you know/1


 * ... that the zebra shark is striped when young and spotted when mature?
 * ... that the blurred and smooth lanternsharks form a species group distinguished from the rest of their family by the shape and arrangement of their dermal denticles?
 * ... that the leopard shark feeds on anchovies by swimming into their schools with its mouth open and waiting for them to accidentally enter?
 * ... that relative to its body size, the horn shark has the strongest known bite of any shark?
 * ... that the title for Peter Benchley's best-selling 1974 novel Jaws was not agreed until 20 minutes before it went into production?