G is for Great White Shark

The great white shark lives in oceans of the coasts of North America, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, parts of the Meditaranian and Japan.  They are in a group called Mackerel sharks.  They are rare.

Great white sharks can be 5940 to 7040 pounds in weight.  They are very big compared to us.  Their teeth are about 3 inches long.

They usually hunt alone and can sometimes eat mammals.  Sometimes a great white shark will poke its head out of the water to smell for prey in the area.  They sometimes stay along the reefs to spot fish and mammals.  If an animal is bleeding the great white shark can smell it from a distance.  They attack very fast.

They can have  one to two babies.  Sometimes baby sharks will be eaten by other sharks. 

I think that great white sharks sound very scary and I would not want to meet one face to face!

 

 

 

 

F is for Flying Fish

Flying fish live in tropical and subtropical waters all over the world.  They have large, stiff pectoral fins  and they are about 45 centimeters long from head to tail.  The pectoral fins are used for gliding through the air near the water.

They swim up and break through the water surface by moving their tail 70 times per second!  Once the flying fish breaks through the water, it opens its pectoral fins and holds them slightly up to itself  in the air.  It folds its wings back to dive into back into the water.

The top speed for gliding is 16 kph.

The flying fish eats plankton which it gets from the surfac of the water.

I think the flying fish is one of the weirdest creatures that I've ever heard of and I would really love to see one!