FIN FACTS

#1. The average shark lives to 25 years old, but can reach 100!

#2. Finning leads to the deaths of 73 million sharks every year.

#3. Most sharks species will drown if they stop moving.

#4. Most sharks have eight fins!

#5. Sharks are susceptible to the moon’s control of the tides.

#5. 97% of the more than 500 species of shark are harmless to humans.

#6. Sharks are able to hear you from more than two football fields away!

#7. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean!

#8. Sharks have been living in our oceans for more than 400 million years.

#9. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts compared to sharks killing only 4-12 people a year!

#10. According to the World Conservation Union, 20-30 percent of sharks are close to extinction!