All sharks are carnivores, they hunt for different animals. The Benthic sharks hunt animals that lives on the ocean floor including sea urchen, clams, and crabs. Sharks are really terrific to learn about, one of the fascinating facts about sharks is the way in which they detect their prey. According to the Internet Informations on sharks, the most important sense that sharks use in detecting its prey is by sound. It's been said that their acute hearing can detect a struggling fish 2km away.
Sharks can also detect sound with their lateral line system.
This system is made up of hundreds of pores along the side of the shark's body. In addition to that, they are extremely sensitive to wave movements, pressure changes, and vibrations in the water. Sharks also have an incredible sense of smell, a good eyesight, and are able to electrical impulses produced by animals. As we can see, sharks are not olny intimidating but they are also excellent hunters with those sharp senses they posses. There are more than 350 kinds of sharks but there is one kind of shark that caught my attention.