Every Shark Type Explained

Most people think they know sharks. They do not. There are over five hundred shark species on Earth and some of them are so different from what most people expect that they refuse to believe they are sharks at all. In this video we cover ten of the most extraordinary shark species alive — from a shark that has been alive for five hundred years to a fifty centimetre shark that takes perfect circular bites out of nuclear submarines. This is everything you never knew about sharks. shark type explained, shark, explained, types of sharks, shark species explained 0:00,Greenland Shark,Extreme Longevity,Can live up to 500 years; moves at only 1 km/h. 1:15,Frilled Shark,"""Living Fossil""",Has an eel-like body and a 3.5-year gestation period. 2:19,Cookie Cutter Shark,Parasitic Hunter,Excavates circular plugs of flesh from whales and even submarines. 3:18,Wobbegong,Ambush Camouflage,Looks like a weed-covered rock; strikes with explosive speed. 4:22,Goblin Shark,Slingshot Jaws,Jaws launch forward out of the face to catch prey in the deep. 5:32,Whale Shark,Filter Feeding,The world's largest fish (18 m); eats microscopic plankton. 6:38,Hammerhead Shark,360∘ Vision,"Its ""cephalofoil"" head acts as a massive electrical sensor." 7:51,Bull Shark,Osmoregulation,Can survive and thrive in freshwater rivers like the Amazon. 9:00,Tasselled Wobbegong,Active Luring,Wiggles its tail like a small fish to lure prey into its mouth. 10:08,Great White Shark,Apex Predator,Can sense a single drop of blood in 100 liters of water.