Where do sharks live? Detailed answer

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Where do sharks live?

There are over 150 varieties of sharks. All of them, except for one species, live in sea water. In Central America, there is Lake Nicaragua, where the freshwater shark lives. Sharks do not live in one place, but swim hundreds of miles in search of prey.

Most large sharks can mostly be found in the open sea at the surface of the water. But there are also those that are found deep at the ocean floor. Smaller sharks usually live near coasts and can be found in most seas where the climate is warm and temperate. Many consider sharks to be very dangerous.

In fact, there are dangerous sharks, and there are harmless ones. For example, the sharks that often follow ships are harmless "scavengers" that pick up leftover food from ships. These sharks are not afraid of even small fish. In the same way, some very large sharks are not dangerous if they are not attacked. One such shark is the whale shark. It can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea near Florida. Its length sometimes exceeds 11 meters, and its weight is 13 tons.

The giant shark is another one of the "safe" big sharks. This is the largest fish in the North Atlantic, its length is more than 13 meters. She loves to soak up the sun with her back out of the water. But the most terrible of all fish is the giant white shark, sometimes reaching a length of 12 meters. She definitely attacks people.

Author: Likum A.

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The most capable student of the famous Athenian craftsman Daedalus was Talos, the son of his sister. Even at the age of twelve, Talos surpassed his mentor in the art of blacksmithing.

Having once picked up a snake's jaw (some say - a fish spine) and making sure that they can saw through a wooden stick, and then making an iron copy of the jaw (spine), Talos invented the saw. With this and his other inventions, among which were the potter's wheel and compasses, Talos earned great prestige in Athens.

Daedalus, who claimed that he himself forged the first saw, began to experience unbearable envy for his nephew. Inviting Talos to the roof of the temple of Athena, ostensibly to enjoy the views, he unexpectedly pushed his nephew down. For this murder, the Areopagus forever expelled Daedalus from the city, and the master had to flee to Crete, where King Minos sheltered him.

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