2007-10-23 06:13:43 · 5 answers · asked by Ruby Tuesday 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Unlike fish, sharks cannot stop suddenly or swim backwards. A shark's pectoral fins cannot bend upwards like a fish, limiting its swimming ability to forward motion. If a shark needs to move backwards, it uses gravity to fall, not swim backwards. Sharks must swerve to the side in order not to hit something - they cannot simply stop.
2007-10-23 06:25:29 · answer #1 · answered by NEO 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Can Sharks Swim Backwards
2016-10-21 09:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i be attentive to that some fish can swim backwards b/c the fish in my aquarium do all of the time! Sharks, besides the incontrovertible fact that, would desire to continually swim forward as a fashion to push water by their gils so they might breathe. If a shark have been to cease swimming, or swim backwards, it might now not be waiting to respire. So, no, sharks do not swim backward.
2016-11-09 07:14:37 · answer #3 · answered by ritzer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Fishermen will drag a shark backwards by boat till it's dead because the rush of water up the gills drowns it.
2007-10-23 06:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by Joanzin 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
umm i duno jump in the sea and push 1 backwards and c wot hapens....
btw ur name made me laff coz my cats called ruby and my mum calls her ruby tuesday....lol...but i prefer 2 call her booby hahhaha
2007-10-23 06:20:57 · answer #5 · answered by . 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋