More than one hundred different types of sharks live in sea and oceanic waters of the planet. Of course, the diet of each of them is unique, but there are, nevertheless, also common features.
In spite of the fact that sharks treat predators, most of them uses meat only for the purpose of "natural selection", consuming weak or sick animals. Usually these kings of depths eat fish and plankton, and some even seaweed.
What enters a diet of sharks?
Sharks eat only once in 2-3 days, and sometimes and are more rare than that, at the same time the size of one portion is only 3-5% of their lump of a body. They hunt only in certain safe and checked areas. Sometimes sharks open hunting behind big production, such as seals, squids, seals and other large inhabitants of a seabed. The hugest representatives can go on a trace of such large catch as a dolphin or a sea lion. Having sense of smell, impressive on sharpness, it is possible for them. But for a full-fledged diet they have enough fish, plankton, plants, Crustacea, Amphibia, reptiles and also various food waste which gets to water thanks to the person.
What shark the most omnivorous?
Shark tiger – the most omnivorous shark from all known to science. It consumes everything that appears on its way, including birds, turtles, dead animals and even usual garbage (tires, metal, plastic, glass, etc.). Their stomach is arranged so that as a result of digestion such amount of gastric juice which can digest almost any material, including polymers, rubber and even stones is distinguished. When other relatives crush food the sharp teeth, this species of sharks swallows all production entirely, furiously preserving it against other inhabitants. In spite of the fact that at an adult shark 2400 ground as the razor, the teeth located in two ranks they chew food extremely badly. Consumed or drops out at them of a mouth, or gets into a gullet in original form.
Whether sharks eat human meat?
Question which excites imagination of people for a long time. Actually, sharks attack the person only when the danger threatens with him. And then their two rows of sharp teeth play a role not of the meat grinder, but the protective mechanism. Of course, there are sharks cannibals, but they do not conduct special hunting, and just use everything that will meet on their way. Moreover, the majority of sharks very seldom look for production so close to a water surface. They prefer "to fish" somewhere at the bottom, in quiet muddy territories. And only occasionally they come up from water to profit the bird who is flying by by.