The Shark shares a common name with some predatory animals in Asia and Africa: **Man-Eater**.
Indeed, it is frequently heard that these monsters, mostly in warm seas, often attack and dismember victims of accidents and those swimming a little distance from the shore. Experts studying how to prevent this aggression by Sharks and render them harmless have found a few methods. One of these is bright yellow life vests, and the other is **Shark Oil**. Studies conducted by experts have revealed that Sharks do not always attack people wearing yellow or those smeared with their own oil.
The most superior characteristic of Sharks is that they are excellent swimmers. Apart from their skeletons, the entire body of these powerful fish consists of muscles. The strongest of these muscles are the long muscles that start from the fish’s head and extend along both sides of its body down to its tail. These muscles enable Sharks to be good swimmers; as an example, we can show that the Tiger Shark (Pamuk Balığı in Turkish context, but often referring to large sharks like the Tiger/Great White in older texts) can descend to the depths of the sea at three times the speed of a submarine. Sharks never sleep. They continuously swim and chase prey. If one of these monsters is injured, the others immediately tear it apart. To gain an idea of their monstrosity, it is sufficient to say that a wounded Monster Fish (Canavar Balığı) will eat its own internal organs.
What are the benefits of sharks?
The meat of small Sharks is delicious. The skin of some species is used in the place of sandpaper for polishing hard materials and in the leather industry. A highly vitaminized oil is found in their livers. The Chinese dry and eat their fins. Ornaments are made from their teeth.
The skeletons of Sharks are made of flexible cartilage. This cartilage, when boiled in water, becomes gelatin. However, some parts of their skeletons are calcified and therefore hard. Their skull is like a box made of cartilage. The connection of the jawbone to the skull is very simple. The easiest part of a caught Harhariyas (likely referring to a common type of large shark) to detach is its jaw. The skin of Sharks is very durable. The walls of this skin are rough. Their placoid scales, called placoid, are very hard. A gradual transition is observed from the hard scales around their mouths to their sharp teeth. Their very sharp teeth are useless for chewing the prey they tear off; the monster swallows them whole. It regurgitates indigestible food. New teeth replace those that fall out. Shark gills are located on the sides of their bodies, in the form of parallel slits.
Sharks live in all coastal and open seas, from warm and temperate waters to cold seas. There are nearly 150 species that roam at various depths, from near the surface to the bottom.
What are the types of sharks?
SMALL CATSHARK (Küçük Kedi Balığı): Its length varies between 30 – 80 cm. In ancient times, its hard skin was often used for polishing wood, ivory, and metal pieces. This fish generally lives on sandy seabeds near the coasts.
HARHARIYAS: This fish, which is 2-3 m long, has a very durable and flexible skin. Due to this characteristic, the skin of the Harhariyas is also used as leather. It is easily caught because it is an oblivious fish. For this reason, it is referred to as the **Sleeper** among fishermen.
TIGER SHARK (Pamuk Balığı): It is 6-7 m long. It is one of the most terrifying **Man-Eaters**. It constantly follows ships to eat the scraps thrown overboard. It is also said that they acquired this habit from eating the bodies of enslaved people thrown from slave ships during the slavery era. The following items were found in the stomach of a caught Tiger Shark: Two sheep heads, the lower part of a pig, a dog fez (cap) along with its collar, an old shoe, 100 kg of meat of unknown origin, and half a dozen cartridges. Tiger Sharks live in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. They swim at great speed (30 miles per hour).
TIGER HARHARIYAS (Kaplan Harhariyas): The length of this fish, which lives in deep and warm seas, is between 6-7 m. Tiger Harhariyas are sometimes seen approaching coasts and river mouths to attack dolphins and humans.
HAMMERHEAD SHARK (Çekiç Balığı): It is named this because its head resembles a hammer. Its length is about 4 – 5 m. Pups are born after hatching from eggs that develop inside the female fish.
MONSTER SHARK (Canavar Balığı): It is the most terrifying **Man-Eater**. Its length reaches 12 m, and its weight reaches 1200 kg. Its teeth are also 7.5 cm long.
THRESHER SHARK (Sapan Balığı): It is 5-6 m long and weighs 500 kg. It has an agile structure. It stuns small schools of fish by rapidly swinging its long tail in their midst and then easily catches and eats them.
GIANT HARHARIYAS (Dev Harhariyas / Basking Shark): It is the largest of the fish living in the seas today. It is 18 m long and weighs 7 tons. It feeds on small fish. It lives in deep seas and occasionally surfaces. 600 liters of oil are obtained from its very large liver.
TRUE SHARK (Öz Köpek Balığı / Tope Shark): This fish, which is 100-150 cm long, generally lives on the muddy bottoms of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It feeds on mollusks, crustaceans, and sea worms. Its meat is sold smoked in Northern Europe. It is also eaten fresh in France.
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