Statistics for Shark Species by Hint

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
most well known shark	great white shaark	100%
got its name because of its striped pattern	tiger shark	100%
most dangerous shark in the world, one of the "big three" of human shark attacks	bull shark	97%
has a long, flat head	hammerhead shark	97%
known for being yellowish in color	lemon shark	93%
swims with its mouth open to inhale food	basking shark	90%
extinct	megalodon	90%
got its name because if its size and more gentle nature	whale shark	90%
uses its tail as a whip to herd prey into its mouth	thresher shark	83%
can extend and retract its mouth to catch prey	goblin shark	72%
smallest shark species	dwarf lantern shark	38%
may have gotten their name from a middle English word that translates to 'cat shark'	nurse shark	38%
named after the warm watered islands where it was first observed	galapagos shark	34%
striped member of the catshark family	pyjama shark	24%
named for its ornate patterns, some subspecies are flat	carpet shark	21%