Whale shark is a plankton-eating shark. Each jaw contains about 300 to 350 rows of small teeth. There are curved cusps on its tiny teeth. The size of each tooth is about 3 millimeters. The whale shark possesses almost 27,000 teeth in total. However, they do not seem to play…

The dentition of the tiger shark is designed uniquely for ‘puncture-and-rip’ style. The jaws are very strong with highly serrated and sharp, comb-shaped teeth. Both jaws have similar shape and size. It has asymmetric teeth with hooked cusps. A tooth contains a primary cusp along with small secondary cusplets. The…

Basking shark feeds on plankton and there are hundreds of very small hooked teeth inside its mouth. These teeth are arranged in more than 150 rows. Each tooth measures about 5 to 6 millimeters in size. The teeth in the middle are triangle-shaped while the side teeth are hooked and…

The size of the whale sharks has been a matter of debate that hasn’t settled yet. Researchers describing different sizes of these sharks are fairly common. Some of them believe the whale shark is 60 feet (18 metres) in length. However, it is not confirmed. How Big Do Whale Sharks…