It is a slim shark, with a pointed snout, saw-edged teeth, and long, slim pectoral fins. The blue shark is noted for its attractive deep-blue colouring contrasting with a pure-white belly. For comparison, humans killed 100 million sharks in 2000 and 97 million in 2010, researchers reported in 2013 in the journal Marine Policy.įollow Jeanna Bryner on Twitter and Google+. Surprising encounter with Deep Blue shark off Hawaii CTV News 873K subscribers Subscribe 1. blue shark, (Prionace glauca), also called great blue shark, shark of the family Carcharhinidae found in tropical and temperate oceans. Worldwide, there were 72 unprovoked shark attacks on humans in 2014, with three resulting in human deaths, according to the International Shark Attack File, compiled by biologists at the University of Florida. Sharks like great whites may seem fierce, but humans are more dangerous to them than they are to humans. Threats to the species include commercial and sport fishing, habitat degradation, campaigns to kill individuals involved in attacks and other factors, according to the IUCN. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers great white sharks - which live in the coastal waters of all major oceans - vulnerable, meaning the species faces a high risk of extinction in the wild. Most adult blue sharks measure 1.7 to 2.2 metres (5.6 to 7.2 feet) long. Deep Blue was featured on the Discovery Channels Shark Week. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla. It is a slim shark, with a pointed snout, saw-edged teeth, and long, slim pectoral fins. Habitat: Worldwide in deep water of tropic and temperate oceans Conservation Status: Near Threatened Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Carcharhinidae Fun Fact: Blue shark females bear bite scars because the mating ritual involves the male biting the female. Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long and over fifty years old. A 20-foot-long (6 m) female great white shark nicknamed Amanda off Guadalupe Island. blue shark, (Prionace glauca), also called great blue shark, shark of the family Carcharhinidae found in tropical and temperate oceans.
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