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The best sharks on earth, ranked by unusualness

Jim EdwardsJun 12, 2015, 06:58 IST

There are more than 400 known species of sharks and they have been on earth for 420 million years. That's about 415 million years longer than humans have been around!

Humans are afraid of sharks because they look scary and sometimes attack people. But sharks should be more afraid of us - a full quarter of all shark species have been hunted to extinction by humans.

So, to help you become more familiar with these beautiful but scary beasts, we've ranked the best of the sharks based on unusualness, leaving out all the boring ones.