After Bites – Silky Shark Quiz

Silky Shark Quiz

Take the 10 question quiz and test your shark knowledge on the silky shark.

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Silky Shark Quiz

After Bites Silky Shark Quiz

1 / 10

What gives silky sharks their shiny appearance?

Silky shark.

The skin’s color.

The skin’s tightly packed dermal denticles.

Reflection of light off their bodies.

Nutrients in the food they eat.

2 / 10

What has caused major declines in silky shark populations?

shark finning.

Hunting for the fin trade.

Competing with other sharks for food.

Not the right amount of males and females for efficient reproduction.

Rising ocean temperatures.

3 / 10

Why are silky sharks also called net eater sharks?

They often get tangled in nets.

They eat tuna, and will attack tuna nets to try to find food.

They mistake nets for something they normally eat.

They get caught in nets and try to eat through them to escape.

4 / 10

How long do silky sharks usually live?

Silky shark.

15 years.

40 years.

37 years.

22 years.

5 / 10

How often do silky sharks breed?

School of silky sharks.

Every 6 months.

Every year.

Every 9 months.

Every 2 years.

6 / 10

What actions have been taken to protect silky sharks?

Silky shark fact card.

Finding and protecting popular nursing grounds.

Increasing research on their life out in the open ocean.

Restricting international trade of the species under Appendix II of CITES.

Sharing and reposting cute shark videos under #SilkySmooth.

7 / 10

How long does it take for a silky shark to reach the age of sexual maturity?

silky shark swimming.

7-12 years.

5-15 years.

10-20 years.

12-17 years.

8 / 10

Where is the one place silky sharks DON'T breed year-round?

Gulf of Mexico map.

Blameys Bay, South Africa.

Mediterranean Sea.

Rangiroa, Polynesia.

Gulf of Mexico.

9 / 10

True or false… Silky sharks have the ability to regrow their dorsal fin.

Silky shark fin wound.

True

False

10 / 10

What is the length of the largest silky shark documented?

silky shark swimming.

4.9 ft/1.5 m

8.2 ft/2.5 m

11 ft/3.5 m

14 ft/4.5 m

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