What is a blue shark?

scientifically known as Glauc's prione , the blue shark is a fish that lives in subtropical and tropical waters. The blue shark can weigh up to 450 pounds (200 kg) and a growth of about 12.5 feet (7 m) long. His name is derived from its color, which is dark blue on the top of the body, lighter blue on the sides and white on the stomach. These sharks are related to other well -known sharks such as Bull and Tiger shark. Occasionally the blue shark approaches the coast close enough to see them divers.

In addition to the blue color of this shark, its appearance is different from the other sharks in his family. These sharks have a relatively slim body with relatively long fins growing from their sides and pointing down from the body. Sexually mature female blue sharks can be identified by scars around the neck because male sharks bite during mating. For this reason, they developed their skin much stronger than a male blue shark.

Blue sharks are nicknamed wolves of the sea due to their habit of swimming in a groupInch of the called Schools. Schools are commonly organized by size and gender. Mainly they hunt octopus, but they will go on octopuses, smaller sharks and lobsters. The meat of much larger animals, such as whales, is sometimes found in the stomach of blue sharks when they are captured.

swimmers and divers are afraid of the blue shark, because this type of shark is rarely curious or aggressive to approach. Less than 50 attacks on blue sharks on people were recorded from 1580 to 2008, with about half of the attacks classified as provocation. Shark attacks are more common with Blue Shark's relatives: Tiger and Bull Shark. Nevertheless, there should be no kind of shark due to the potential of sharks to cause massive injuries and death.

While many types of sharks are a regular specific type of shark rarely among them. These sharks have difficulty avoiding walls and usually canThey go within one month of catching and placing in the aquarium. There is at least one well -documented, somewhat successful attempt to maintain a blue shark alive in the aquarium, but the breeders have triggered a shark and lemon sharks who believe that the species will come out. Bull Sharks, however, rooted on blue sharks.