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In the warm waters of the Egypt's Red Sea
lives a some type of Egypt shark; this species of shark is not
specific to Egypt only, but since he prefers the temperate and
warm waters, he can be found in Egypt waters too. This shark
is the silky shark that lives in depths of about 500 meters,
being a pelagic shark. His scientific name is Carcharhinus
falciformis, he has a large body with smooth skin; his size is
about 2, 4 meters but he can reach even 3, 3 meters. The upper
side of the silky shark body (the dorsally part) has a
brown-grey color, and the below part has a white color. Although
this shark has no specific markings, he can be recognized by his
second dorsal fin, whose long free tip at the rear has about two
or three times the height of the fin. Another characteristic is
the dorsal fin which begins behind the pectoral fins. You can
rarely see the silky shark close to the shore his favorite swell
being the reefs where are deep dropoffs. As we talk about a
shark, you may wonder about the silky shark's aggressiveness.
This shark is not so aggressive like the oceanic white tip or
like the blue shark, but he is still considered a dangerous
shark because he may become aggressive if he is directly
approached or if are some speared – fish around him. Still, the
silky shark is not a dangerous animal for the people that dive.
Being predators, the silky sharks` diet is made from pelagic
crabs, paper nautiluses, pelagic bony fishes and squids. The
silky shark is also known as the olive shark, the sickle silk
shark, the black- spot shark, the ridgeback shark, the reef
shark or as the sickle shark. |
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