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* * The world of our senses Shark attacks Whale shark Basking shark Great white Tiger shark Blue shark More information (/newbrunswick/ shark/types.html) What are Sharks? Sharks are fish that have been around since the dinosaurs. Males are called “Bulls” . Females are called Cows . Baby Sharks are called Pups”. Other shark facts Sharks have five to seven gill slits. Many sharks must keep moving in order to breathe that is, in order to keep water moving past their gill slits but this is not true of all species. Nurse sharks, for example, can lie still and fan their gills to bring oxygen-rich water across the slits. Because they lack a swim bladder, all sharks must swim in order to avoid sinking toward the ocean floor. The shark has senses specially adapted for the animals life underwater. Smell is a sharks most acute sense. Approximately 70 percent of the sharks brain is used for olfactory (smelling)? functions. Experiments have shown that sharks can detect prey solely by smell, and the hungrier the shark, the less stimulant needed to elicit a reaction. Sharks are sensitive to light and can detect certain objects even in murky water. Some have a tapetum lucidum, a mirror like layer under the retina of the eye that reflects incoming light and increases the amount of light available to the eye. (Cats and other animals whose eyes glow in the dark also have this feature.) Sharks do have ears, but the role of hearing in the sharks location of prey is not well understood. A shark can detect sound waves and disturbances in the water with its lateral line, or lateralis, system. This is a series of thin canals, filled with water, that runs along the animals side. The canals are attached to nerves that send signals to the sharks brain. Sharks can also sense electric and magnetic fields. Sensory pores located on the sharks head can detect a preys bioelectric field even if the prey is buried in sand. A shark can also detect the Earths magnetic field. Open-oc