Carpet Shark Coloring Page

Jul 7 2015 shark week is a time to celebrate our toothy friends from the deep blue.

Carpet shark coloring page.

It is said to have attacked more humans than any other shark. We at scribblefun have no intention of infringing your copyright artistic rights or legitimate intellectual rights. Enjoy these coloring pages with your child and learn about some lesser known sharks. It has small spiracles and nostrils with short barbels likely used for sensory purposes.

They are found in all oceans but are concentrated in the indo pacific and australian regions. This coloring sheet features a mighty great white shark with rows of razor sharp teeth the great white shark is the largest of the all the white sharks. Unlike the name great white sharks are not white in color. Carpet shark order orectolobiformes any of about 40 species of sharks possessing mottled patterns on the body that are evocative of carpet designs.

This shark can as big as 20 feet long and can weigh more than 5000 pounds. Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order orectolobiformes sometimes the common name carpet shark named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets is used interchangeably with wobbegong which is the common name of sharks in the family orectolobidae carpet sharks have five gill slits two spineless dorsal fins and a small mouth that does not extend past the eyes. Many species are large but they are not considered dangerous to humans although they may protect themselves if harmed. Its body is grey to brown in color with a broad black collar from which it gets its name and white spots along its body.

The tail is long but difficult to tell apart from the rest of the shark. Enjoy these coloring pages with your child and learn about some lesser known sharks.