Angel Shark
Habitat
Most
Angel Sharks live in sand.
Food
The
Angel Shark waits for a meal to swim by and then it eats it.
It also eats rays mollusks and crustaceans.
Enemies
The
Angel Shark’s most dangerous enemies are the Great White Shark and humans.
Appearance
The
Angel Shark’s color is swampy green. It looks
like the sand on the ocean floor so when food swims by the shark can just jump
up and eat it. It
can grow 5 or 6 feet long. They
weigh as much as 100 pounds. Their size is about 240 cm.
Babies
The
Angel Shark babies are about the size of 170 cm at birth.
They spend the day hidden in the sand and rocks of the ocean bed. As fish swim
by, the angel shark bursts up and surprises the prey, catching it in its
trap-like jaws.
Habitat
Angel sharks are bottom dwellers that live on ocean floors of depths from 10 to
4,300 feet (3 to 1300 m). They live in warm temperate oceans in the southern
hemisphere.
DISTRIBUTION
Pacific angel sharks are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean , from southern
Alaska, USA to Baja, CA, USA and from Ecuador to southern Chile.