Atlantic Sharpnose Shark

SHARP AND SPORTY

Diet

• Like to eat small fish, including menhaden, toadfish, and filefish with the occasional crab or mollusks

• commonly hunt inshore and in the surf zone

Agility

• Usually reach up to 5 miles per hour but can reach higher speeds when hunting or avoiding predators due to their streamlined bodies

Defense Mechanisms

• They tend to form schools of up to three sharks of the same sex

Superpower

• Have relatively large eyes that are positioned upwards allowing them to see prey and predators above them