Myth: Sharks Will Attack Women on Their Periods
Reality: While women may be “riding the crimson tide,” there’s no need to worry about shark attacks if a woman wants…
Myth: Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.
Reality: According to the American Museum of Natural History, some shark species can detect “one drop in an Olympic-sized swimming pool” while…
There’s a species of shark that can live for around 500 years.
The Greenland Shark has the longest lifespan of all known vertebrates, living an average of 272 years, and some of them…
Sharks predate trees.
As Smithsonian Magazine reported, Archaeopteris, the earliest species that scientists can classify as “tree,” lived about 350 million years ago. Sharks, however, can…
Myth: Sharks don’t get cancer
Reality: Sharks do get cancer, but not very often. Sharks have a compound called an “angiogenin inhibitor” that reduces a tumor’s…