Sunday 17 February 2008

A random topic

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  • With six and a half tons per square inch of biting force, sharks have the strongest jaws in the world. They can bite with both their upper and lower jaw.
  • If a shark looses a tooth, another tooth rotates forward from its rows of spare teeth.Whale sharks have approximately 300 rows of spare teeth, with hundreds of teeth in each row.
  • In its life, a shark can use over 20,000 teeth. on average, their teeth are replaced every eight days
  • Dried shark skin used to be used as sandpaper and non-slip grips on sword handles.
  • In the uterus, shark embryos eat their siblings.
  • One out of every 30 million people is attacked by a shark
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