
A shark can have hundreds of teeth in its mouth and, conveniently, can replace them if they fall out or become damaged.

Throughout its life, a shark's old teeth are shed continually, and new ones are rotated into place on a conveyer belt-like structure. A shark's teeth are not attached to the jaw, but embedded in the flesh.

The whale shark can grow to 40 feet long but, thankfully, mostly eats plankton.


The teeth of a Great White.


A whale shark at an aquarium in Osaka, Japan, gets a treat.




A Great White shark near Cape Town in South Africa, 1997.





Actors Richard Dreyfuss (L) and Robert Shaw stare a mechanical Great White in 1975's 'Jaws.'