12 Real-Life Superpowers Of Sharks

Regular ol' sharks: more impressive than Aquaman.

Who needs Aquaman when we already have sharks with real-life superpowers? With extra thick skin, impressive speeds, internal GPS, and amazingly long lives … if you weren’t already afraid of sharks, you might be after reading this article and we barely skimmed the surface of the 500 species of sharks. Not all sharks are the terrifying, man-hunting stereotype out of Jaws (Actually, none of them even have a particular taste for human flesh), but don’t write them off. These creatures lived during dinosaurs and still swim among us today. Do you think the country of the United States has been around for a while? There is at least one living shark who has been around even longer. What's more impressive than avoiding death? 

Still not convinced to read on? Worst case scenarios, these shark facts will be super impressive to most five-year-olds. Bite into these pieces of shark trivia to win over any kindergarten class.

Sharks have incredibly thick skin

Source: ReefQuest

Survivors: Sharks have survived four mass extinction events

Source: Smithsonian

Beware: Sharks can jump up to 10 feet into the air.

Source: Smithsonian

Swell Sharks

Source: NOAA

Hammerhead sharks have 360-degree vision

Source: BBC

Shark Jesuses? There's been several recorded virgin shark births.

Source: National Geographic

Sharks can swim in a really, really straight line

Source: The Guardian

Even their pregnancies are super .... long.

Source: Marine Bio

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