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Species	Description	Average Coolness Score

Megamouth Shark	Possesses a large head with rubbery lips that open one of nature's largest mouths	4.9
Blue Shark	Sleek and light-bodied, the deep blue color of its upper body fades to lighter shades on its sides.	5.1
Epaulette Shark	This slender, speckled coral reef dweller can crawl and climb over rocky surfaces.	5.3
Swellshark	To scare off predators it balloons to twice its size by filling its stomach with air or water	5.6
Angel Shark	The flattened bodies and long fins are sometimes confused with stingrays.	5.6
Spotted Wobbegong	A colorful shark with contrasting spots, which survives in very shallow water.	5.6
Pyjama Shark	Grey with dark stripes, this shark's skin resembles a tailored pair of men's pyjamas.	5.6
Horn Shark	It has large hornlike spines on its fins.	5.6
Leopard Shark	Its skin resembles that of another impressive predator and acts as a camoflage on rocky seafloors.	5.7
Port Jackson Shark	Its teeth can crush tough objects, like lobster shells, and the defensive spine on its fin injects poison.	5.7
Chain Catshark	Under blue light, the spots on this shark flouresce, creating an eerie glow.	5.8
Great White Shark	The world's largest predatory fish. Famous for its "ambush" technique of grabbing prey from below.	5.9
Lemon Shark	Its yellow flanks give it the appearance of a giant floating lemon	6.1
Whale Shark	The world's largest shark and largest fish, its enormous body is outiftted with 200-250 rows of teeth	6.2
Thresher Shark	Their large, streamlined tails serve as handy weapons, to konk fish and other prey.	6.3
Japanese Sawshark	Its long, beaklike, toothed snout is an impressive weapon.	6.4
Basking Shark	The second largest fish in the works, it basks with its mouth open wide to catch plankton drifting by	6.5
Hammerhead Shark	The unique shape of this shark's head improves this predator's hunt.	6.9
Blacktip Shark	With its blacktipped fins, it can breach, or jump, from the surface, executing several spins	6.9
Bull Shark	This is the Hummer of sharks. Massive and heavy, the bull shark needs plenty of food to fuel itself.	7.0