Great white sharks (otherwise known as great whites or white pointers) are famous for their distinctive fins and ferocious ...

Dried shark jaws often look as if they are made of bone, but they are not, says the NOAA. As sharks get older, calcium salts are deposited into their skeletal cartilage to strengthen it.

This is true for all sharks, from the formidable great white to the gentle giant the whale shark. Shark skeletons don’t include any bones at all. But their jaws, spinal column and ... Since cartilage ...