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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-25 · 5 entries checked · 2 flagged · 4 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 2 still open
Bull shark — The maximum recorded length is stated as 3.5 m (11.5 ft) or occasionally up to 3.8 m, but widely accepted maximum is 3.4 m with unconfirmed reports up to 4.0 m; 3.8 m is not a standard figure in reliable sources.
Bull shark — The bite force claim that it is 'the highest weight-for-weight among investigated cartilaginous fishes' is overstated; some sources describe it as one of the highest, not definitively the highest.
Whale shark — The claim that the whale shark's rhodopsin pigment 'becomes unstable in shallow water, where the shark deactivates it' is not established in scientific canon and appears to be an invented or oversimplified claim.
Whale shark — The statement that the whale shark is 'one of the most ancient shark species still extant today' is misleading because many other extant shark lineages have much older fossil records, and the phrasing implies exceptional antiquity not supported by the fossil r
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