When the first dinosaurs evolved, sharks had already existed for millions of years

[jazluvr]

Sharks are my favorite species of animal, I've been fascinated with them since I was a child. HUGE respect.

Same here...nice thread.

Lol...@ this...

[-jose-]

Sharks are my favorite species of animal, I've been fascinated with them since I was a child. HUGE respect.

same here bro!
the Great White its the king of the underwater jungle...amazing creature

[-jose-]

I never miss an episode of National Geographic's Shark Week

[New England]

the sharks i've seen up close and personal:

nurse shark:


dog fish (sand shark: )



blue shark :

[AndNewChampion]

Sharks are getting massacred now though. Chinese like their fin soup.

[New England]

thresher:



mako:



^one of the fastest fish in the sea

and the baddest fish i've ever seen:

ze bull shark. this one was in a tank.




all but the bull shark were native to the waters where i grew up and swam.
for the most part they're pelagic, meaning they stay in deep water.

once in a while you'd see one wash up on shore, too.

[The Hammer]

Link: interesting video from BBC about the importance of sharks to the ocean's ecosystems

[2ofEverything]

2012 thread but I'm surprised no one mentioned the fact that it's estimated that humans kill approximately 100 million sharks per year... Sooo....

[SlySlickSmooth]

Surely most of the longest living species live in the ocean if that is where life started.

[CANELOLUJAH]

pssh what have they done since, I dont see no underwater cities, we dont see them in some craft flying out of the water exporing the outside space.