Leopard Sharks
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Leopard sharks’ dorsal side of their bodies are a bronze or silver color with dark patches running down it. The belly of a leopard shark is usually white and lighter than the dorsal side. The dark patches are usually long and elliptical, running from left to right, but often times, there are smaller dark spots surrounding the larger patches.
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On average, a leopard shark in the wild lives 18 to 24 years. A wild male’s average lifespan is 24 years, while a wild female’s is 20 years. Don Feinberg, the leopard shark in the movie Shark Tale, is an elderly shark, so he is about 24 years old. The animator’s portrayal of this elderly leopard shark is inaccurate though, because it has few teeth and only one row of teeth, while real leopard sharks have many rows of tiny, overlapping teeth.
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Leopard sharks are ectothermic, meaning they must use heat acquired from the environments and behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature. Also, leopard sharks have a body temperature that fluctuates with that of the immediate environment, meaning leopard sharks are heterothermic.
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A leopard shark’s first dorsal fin is located at the midpoint of the body, while the second dorsal fin is situated closer to the anal fin. Towards the end of Shark Tale, Don Feinberg is swimming, and you can see his second dorsal fin.
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Female leopard sharks give birth to up to 24 pups each spring. Also, leopard sharks are viviparous, meaning they are born live and do not hatch from eggs. Obviously, I can not give an example because Don Feinberg is a male. Also, female leopard sharks reach maturity between 10 to 15 years old, while males reach reproductive maturity from 7 to 13 years old.
Shortfin Mako Sharks
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The mako shark has a dark blue color on top of its body and a white underneath which allows the shark to be camouflaged while hunting for food. This causes the prey to be unsuspecting, giving the mako a better chance of capturing it.
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Mako sharks' teeth are extremely long, thin, and sharp but not as sharp as those of shark species that consume larger animals/fish. In addition to this, the teeth are slightly tilted, allowing the mako to gain a greater grip on the slippery fish that they feed on.
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Chum, the mako shark in Finding Nemo, is animated correctly because its teeth are pointed. However, the animation shows the shark’s eyes under a flap of skin and more pushed towards his nose.
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The shortfin mako shark's streamlined shape and considerably short fins allow for a bigger range in motion which makes it so fast.
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A shark’s heart is located in its head region and is an S shaped tube with an atrium, the chamber in which blood enters the heart, and a ventricle, the chamber that collects and expels blood received by an atrium.
Differences between Chum's anatomy and
real life mako shark's anatomy:
- The animation shows Chum's pectoral fins, the steer of the shark, pointed inward at an angle, while a real shortfin mako's fins stick straight out.
- Chum's caudel fin, the thrust force of the shark, has a natural indent in the upper lobe. A non-fictional mako shark has no natural indents in the upper or lower lobe of their caudel fins
- A factual shortfin mako shark has a completely streamlined body, meaning it has no curves in its back or any other body part. However, Chum's back is curved inward created an inefficient body type for its needs.
Hammerhead Sharks
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Anchor in the movie Finding Nemo, along with all other hammerhead sharks, have teeth that are triangular and strongly serrated and extremely sharp, but increasingly oblique toward the corners of the mouth. There are 17 teeth on either side of the upper jaw and 16 or 17 teeth on either side of the lower jaw.
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Young hammerheads have more rounded heads than their parents. They are easy prey to the larger species of sharks and orcas until they reach the adult size. Hammerhead sharks can survive between 20 and 30 years in the wild.
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Hammerhead sharks like Anchor from the movie Finding Nemo can end up being 20 feet long. They can also weigh from 500 to 1,000 pounds. Most species of hammerhead sharks have a greenish tint to them. Some are a light gray while others are more green. Underneath they are white which allows them to blend in well in the water and to go undetected by their prey.
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There is no mistaking a hammerhead shark when you see one. The head is wide and very thick. It looks like a hammer at both ends and their eyes are set out on these ends so they are very far apart, enabling the shark to see their prey from either side of their bodies. The body is a light gray on the top with white underneath. They have a dorsal fin that is very big and it has a point at the top of it.
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How hammerhead sharks eat While the hammerhead shark is mellow, it takes hunting for food very seriously. They have a great sense of smell so they are able to locate food without too much trouble. They eat a variety of foods including small fish, sting rays, small sharks, and squid. There are reports that when food is scarce the hammerheads will eat each other as a last resort in order to survive.
Great White Shark
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A great white shark has a very unique tail - the top part of the shark's tail is is longer than the bottom part.
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Sharks can weigh up too 2,400 pounds when they have enough food to eat and there thriving natural environment. Also sharks can grow 3,000 teeth during there life time
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A shark has a unique tail that appears the top part of the shark tale is is longer to the bottom.But if they where the same then the shark will not have balance.
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Great white sharks are really good at smelling they can blood from really far away.Great white sharks have no trouble for hunting for prey even in day or night.
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Sharks only want want to live in mediate waters so when sharks are in cold waters they would travel to someone warmer.
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