Channel: Facts in Motion

Category: Education

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Description: Sharks have the reputation of being cold-blooded killers that will attack and try to eat just about anything. But in reality, they are actually a lot pickier than many people realize - Attacks on humans are very very rare. But even the "cold-blooded" portion isn't even true - at least not when it comes to Great Whites. Because they are in fact part of a small group of sharks that can elevate their body temperatures above the water temperature - effectively becoming warm-blooded. Here's how they do it. Sources: sharksavers.org/en/education/biology/endothermy researchgate.net/publication/226319337_Regulation_of_body_temperature_in_the_white_shark_Carcharodon_carcharias elasmo-research.org/education/white_shark/rete.htm jeb.biologists.org/content/205/15/2251 seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-infobooks/sharks-and-rays/anatomy-and-physiology minerva.union.edu/linthicw/concurrent.htm fishionary.fisheries.org/tag/endothermic Music by Jay Man Tracks used: ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Murder-Mystery ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Forgotten-Time ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Time-With-You ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Storm-Chaser ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/dance-with-danger ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Swing-Kids ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Past-Reflections ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Quirky_moonlight ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Watching-over-you ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Up-to-no-good-again ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Prankster ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Goodbye-good-riddance Thanks for watching. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0