It may be big, but the whale shark is a gentle giant. It eats only plankton.
The carpet shark, like the hammerhead, has a bizarre appearance. So, why the patterns and tassels? Camouflage, of course.
The angel shark looks like a ray, but it’s a shark. How can you tell if a fish is actually a shark?
Small sharks, like the horn shark, use camouflage to hide from predators – which can include big sharks.
Video: Hammerheads wave their oddly-shaped heads from side to side as they swim. Perhaps the motion helps them zero in on the scent or vibrations of nearby fish and rays.
Advice: There is no proven rule for judging when a hammerhead might attack. Until we know more about these strange-looking creatures, don’t go swimming with them.
Following this in the program are two activities back-to-back, which end this chain.
The first one is called I See You!: With its eyes spread apart like that, how do you suppose the world appears to a hammerhead shark? Different animals have different types of vision.
And the second is Animal Eyes: Now you know all about how predators and prey animals see. Take a look at some close-ups of animal eyes.
And Animal Eyes just leads back to Spiders, so those seven screens can just keep going over and over in an endless loop!
So tomorrow, we begin a brand new chain with the hyena.
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