Shark food varies based on the type of sharks. Different types of sharks eat different types of food. Meat and fish are food for sharks that are carnivores. Other sharks eat smaller fish and squid. Other shark food include smaller sharks, shellfish, and sea anemones. There are also sharks that think anything is their food. These sharks will eat anything that stand in their way.

What does a shark eat?

Unlike popular beliefs, most sharks don't just eat anything that comes their way. Although, some sharks will eat almost anything but there are also sharks that are fussy eaters.

Many sharks are carnivores

Many of the larger sharks are carnivores. That means meat and fish are shark food for these sharks. These carnivore sharks prefer fresh food to animals that are already dead. However, there are reports that some sharks are found with almost any shark food in their stomachs including wastes and dead animals dumped at sea.

Sharks that are fussy eaters

Some sharks are particular about what shark food they eat. Some sharks feed on small fish and squid as their shark food. Other sharks prefer sea urchins and shellfish shark food. There are also sharks that like to eat baby sharks or pups. Some sharks eat baby sharks of their own kind, other sharks may eat baby sharks of another shark species.

Some sharks will eat anything that come their way. Tiger sharks are an example of these eat any shark food sharks. Some sharks change their shark food diet as they grow older.

What do mako sharks eat?

Young mako sharks feed on small fish and octopus that they can catch and chew for their shark food. However when mako sharks get older, their teeth are replaced with sharper and wider teeth so they can catch and break up bigger animals such as dolphins, seals and sea lions. Their shark food choices grow.

What do cookiecutter sharks eat?

Cookiecutter s harks have strange feeding habit of shark food. Cookiecutter sharks look for shark food by attaching themselves to a whale, a dolphin or another shark with its strong lips. Cookiecutter sharks then uses their small but sharp teeth to bite out a plug of flesh of their shark food. Cookiecutter sharks also have been known to cause damage to submarines. Cookiecutter sharks sometimes mistake cables or parts of submarines for their shark food and attach themselves to underwater cables and submarine parts. This causes quite a lot of expensive repairs.

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