The Most Shark-Infested Waters in the World

There are about 500 different species of sharks in the world, and they live in all of the Earth's oceans. The first sharks evolved more than 400 million years ago, but they're currently in a bit of trouble. Numbers of many species are down, and an estimated 100 million sharks are caught and killed by fisheries annually. Check out these shark myths you shouldn't believe.

Source: Reader’s Digest

Sharks may have a reputation as vicious predators à la “Jaws” and “The Meg,” but they don't have the taste for humans that's popularly depicted on the silver screen.

Sharks fear us more than we fear them, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) reports commercial fisheries kill more than 100 million sharks per year. Around half of shark species are threatened or near threatened with extinction.

Source: USA Today