Contains facts about hammerhead sharks and bull sharks, comparing such aspects as their sizes, brain structure, and abilities.

Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of several species of sharks.

Introduces many different species of sharks, pointing out such characteristics as the small size of the dwarf lantern shark and the physical characteristics and behavior that makes sharks killing machines.

Sharks come in all shapes and sizes, from giant whale sharks as big as school buses to tiny dwarf lanternsharks only eight inches long. This book is filled with in-depth facts about your favorite sharks, including what they eat, how they hunt, and how people around the world are working to protect them. And you'll learn about how sharks see, smell, and communicate in the deep sea.

Learn all about these feared predators that live throughout Earth's oceans. Open the book to discover many unusual sharks, and read about their amazing abilities in hunting prey. --back cover.

"Did you know that sharks first appeared in the oceans 200 million years before the dinosaurs, and that they have an electrical sixth sense that helps them locate their prey? How dangerous is a great white shark? Can a whale shark really grow as big as a city bus? If you find yourself seeking the answers to these questions, then this may be the book for you! Discover where they live, why they are hunted, and what can be done to protect them. The book...