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Going to the Zoo is always so much fun, everyone having certain animals that they want to see. The lemon shark is a Tropical fish being found in the atlantic ocean around the Bahamas, off the coasts of Flordia and Mexico.Lemon sharks like to stay in the moderate depths of the Atlantic ocean. The Lemon shark belongs to the **Carcharhinidae** family, They can grow to approximately 8 to 10ft long weighing about 183 kilograms give or take a few,the longest lemon shark that has ever been recorded was 13ft long. These sharks give birth to 4-17 sharks everyother year, in the warm shallow lagoons. These young once born have to fend for themselves in the mangroves until they are old enough to go off on there own. They mature at the age of 12-15 years leaving the shallow waters from were there born to deeper bigger waters of the world and finally being welcomed into the wonderous world of sharks, all though they can be rejected by the elder sharks if they are annoyed, they will become extremely aggressive towards their young. These sharks will move up to 100 kiometers to mate with one shark, everyother year doing so. These sharks are one of scientists favorite sharks to study because we know so little about were they come from their breeding behavior, the way they feed, and were they live. These sharks have been known to attack humans in the past 22 known attacks have been recorded there could be more. Although lemon sharks can be intimidateing im sure the lemon shark if wanting to at times can be a friendly shark as long as you dont make them umcomfortable or have them feel threatened, keep your distance watch your surroundings in the waters and you shall be fine. I really loved learning about Lemon sharks and the other shark families. I want to keep updated about what new findings that people will discover from these sharks in the future.



By Aubrie