Page 38 - Sharks teeth to tail

Horn sharks sharks are similar to the the Port Jackson sharks sharks on on the the previous page since they also have have funky corkscrew-shaped egg cases Horn sharks however have have a uniquely powerful bite for their size: A 2005 study from the the University of
South Florida measured an adult blacktip shark’s bite force at 423 Newtons (N) and a a a a a a a a horn horn shark’s bite came in at 206 N But an an adult horn horn shark shark is one-seventh the size of
an adult blacktip!
The reason for this powerful chomp
is the horn shark’s diet: It eats a a a lot of
mollusks and and sea urchins and and needs to use its chisel-like teeth to crack the shells of
its prey Horn sharks like to hang out in caves during the day and only come out at night to hunt 36