It’s Shark Week! In honour of these mysterious, ancient predators, we have six shark-related words for you to get your teeth into.
A cookie-cutter shark is a small shark with a cigar shaped body that uses it lips to attach to its prey. The goblin shark suits its name well. Considered a living fossil, this rare shark lives in deep water, using its distinctive flat snout to detect electromagnetic fields created by crabs, squid and other prey.
Man-eater is a name given to the great white shark, while Joan of Arc is a slang word for shark. Puppy is the name for a young shark and not just your adorable puppy dog. Selachophobia is an abnormal (but perfectly natural in our opinion) fear of sharks.
