Perfect Predators - Shark Week


There's more species of shark than you might think!
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Sharks Home

Shark Weekend

What is a Shark?

Section 1.1

Section 1.2

Section 1.3

Section 1.4

Section 1.5

Section 1.6

Section 1.7

Section 1.8

Section 1.9

Section 1.10

Section 1.11

Section 1.12

Section 1.13

Section 1.14

Section 1.15

Shark Evolution

Section 2.1

Section 2.2

Section 2.3

Section 2.4

Section 2.5

Section 2.6

Section 2.7

Section 2.8

Section 2.9

Section 2.10

Section 2.11

Section 2.12

Section 2.13

Section 2.14

Section 2.15

The Orders

Section 3.1

Section 3.2

Section 3.3

Section 3.4

Section 3.5

Section 3.6

Section 3.7

Section 3.8

Section 3.9

Section 3.10

Section 3.11

Section 3.12

Section 3.13

Section 3.14

Section 3.15

Shark Reproduction

Section 4.1

Section 4.2

Section 4.3

Section 4.4

Section 4.5

Section 4.6

Section 4.7

Section 4.8

Section 4.9

Section 4.10

Section 4.11

Section 4.12

Section 4.13

Section 4.14

Section 4.15

Sharks in Detail

Lesser-Spotted Dogfish

Bull Shark

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

Blue Shark

Tiger Shark

Great White Shark

Mako Shark

Basking Shark

Megamouth Shark

Nurse Shark

Whale Shark

Pacific Angelshark

Spined Pygmy Shark

Sixgill Sawshark

Broadnose Sevengill Shark

Where Do They Live?

Habitat

Migration

Section 6.3

Section 6.4

Section 6.5

Section 6.6

Section 6.7

Section 6.8

Section 6.9

Section 6.10

Section 6.11

Section 6.12

Section 6.13

Section 6.14

Section 6.15

What Do Sharks Eat?

Diet

How Do They Eat?

Shark Sense

Section 7.4

Section 7.5

Section 7.6

Section 7.7

Section 7.8

Section 7.9

Section 7.10

Section 7.11

Section 7.12

Section 7.13

Section 7.14

Section 7.15

Sharks in Danger

Overfishing

Finning

Bycatch

Shark Products

Section 8.5

Section 8.6

Section 8.7

Section 8.8

Section 8.9

Section 8.10

Section 8.11

Section 8.12

Section 8.13

Section 8.14

Section 8.15

Myths & Reality

Movies

Selachophobia

Shark Attacks

Section 9.4

Section 9.5

Section 9.6

Section 9.7

Section 9.8

Section 9.9

Section 9.10

Section 9.11

Section 9.12

Section 9.13

Section 9.14

Section 9.15

Section 11.1

Section 11.2

Section 11.3

Section 11.4

Section 11.5

Section 11.6

Section 11.7

Section 11.8

Section 11.9

Section 11.10

Section 11.11

Section 11.12

Section 11.13

Section 11.14

Section 11.15

Play: Shark Alley

Section 12.1

Section 12.2

Section 12.3

Section 12.4

Section 12.5

Section 12.6

Section 12.7

Section 12.8

Section 12.9

Section 12.10

Section 12.11

Section 12.12

Section 12.13

Section 12.14

Section 12.15

Play: Ring of Death

Section 13.1

Section 13.2

Section 13.3

Section 13.4

Section 13.5

Section 13.6

Section 13.7

Section 13.8

Section 13.9

Section 13.10

Section 13.11

Section 13.12

Section 13.13

Section 13.14

Section 13.15

Anatomy of a Shark

Section 14.1

Section 14.2

Section 14.3

Section 14.4

Section 14.5

Section 14.6

Section 14.7

Section 14.8

Section 14.9

Section 14.10

Section 14.11

Section 14.12

Section 14.13

Section 14.14

Section 14.15

Watch Shark programmes

Section 15.1

Section 15.2

Section 15.3

Section 15.4

Section 15.5

Section 15.6

Section 15.7

Section 15.8

Section 15.9

Section 15.10

Section 15.11

Section 15.12

Section 15.13

Section 15.14

Section 15.15

On TV

Perfect Predators

Sunday 19th August, 5pm
Watch again on Tuesday 21 August, 9pm and Saturday 25 August, 9pm

This programme tracks and observes sharks in their hunting grounds and ranks a number of species according to their skills, level of development, and status as the ocean's ultimate hunters.

It reveals surprising insights into exactly how the most ruthless shark species have earned and retained their reputation as the undisputed rulers of the world's oceans.

Also investigated are new scientific applications and technologies being developed using the unique qualities of sharkskin, including the testing of its barnacle-shedding properties on ships and its bacteria-resistant properties to coat operating tables and catheter tubes.

Images © DCL