2. Q. What is the largest shark in the seas?
A. The Whale shark (R. typus), this shark exceeds 50 feet long and feeds on tiny zooplankton.

3. Q. What are the most potentially dangerous sharks in the world?
A. The bull shark (C. leucas) is implicated in more attacks than any other sharks, the tiger shark and the white shark (G. cuvier, C. carcharias) are also considered to be dangerous under certain situations. Of the over 400 species of sharks known world wide, only a dozen or so are actually potentially dangerous.

4. Q. What is the smallest species of shark?
A. The dwarf dogfish (E. perryi), also known as latern shark; this tiny shark is a reef dweller.

5. Q. How many types of sharks are there in the world?
A. There are over 410 known species of sharks, and of these less than a dozen reach a length of over 12' feet long. The average shark is approxinately 4' feet long and are strictly fish eaters.

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