Friday, September 12, 2008

MYTH - FACT

The Myth

Sharks have to keep moving, or they die!


The Fact
Not all sharks have to move. Sharks do, admittedly, need to keep water moving over their gills in order to breathe. But many species manage to do this while lying on the seabed and moving their gills to create a pumping effect. Others, however, like the great white shark, possess no muscles in their gills, cannot pump and do have to keep moving.

No wonder the great white shark is so darn hungry.


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whatever you say, I don't like sharks!

Anonymous said...

Naalala ko na naman ang kaibigan 'nyong nagbo-bowling!

Anonymous said...

i read somewhere that that is why the (some)sharks go to the beach to breathe in the currents. any body hear similar?

Anonymous said...

But I like the movies about sharks, Jaws I, II, III. May kasunod pa ba?

Bay Martin said...

No idea if there was another Jaws movie after Jaws III. Napanuod ko na lahat.

Anonymous said...

I have the three movies on DVDs. You can borrow them anytime!