Hi, I'm Dan. I'm the editor of The Week Junior Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior. To celebrate Shark Week, we've got a great episode for you from the archives of Mysteries of Science. Let's have a look at the secrets of sharks.

Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science.

My name is Michael and I'm the acting deputy editor of Science and Nature,

the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior.

And I'm Jenny, the acting features editor.

On this podcast, we explore the strange phenomena and bizarre events

that have left scientists scratching their heads and

despite their best efforts remain well and truly unsolved.

Jenny is the newest member of the Science and Nature team and is making her

mysteries of science debut. Welcome to the show Jenny.

Thanks Michael and hello everyone. It's great to be here. I can't wait to get started.

Well Jenny for your first episode we are throwing you in the deep end as we go swimming with sharks. Swimming with sharks? That doesn't sound very safe. Well, there's a lot about these animals that we don't know. And as it's shark week, we thought, what better time to try and uncover some of the secrets of sharks.

Okay, Michael, I'll take your word for it. After you. Right, diving equipment on, it's time to go underwater.

This is Mysteries of Science. This is Mysteries of Science. So Michael, how much do you know about sharks?

Not a lot, actually.

Most of what I know comes from movies and cartoons and that famous image we have of a shark's dorsal fin sticking out of the water as it

ominously circles around some poor stranded swimmers. You know what? That's the image I have of

sharks too, but is that really what they're like? Well, Jenny, everything you or I know about sharks

is wrong. Now, those aren't my words, but rather the words of Dr. Nick Crompton, author of Everything You Know About Sharks is Wrong, which was recently our book of the month in the Wheat Junior Science and Nature magazine. So why don't we ask him to tell us a little bit more about sharks? Hi, my name's Nick, and I'm a zoologist and children's writer working here at the Natural History Museum.

Hi, Nick. Welcome to the show. Now, you have a book series. Everything you know about something

is wrong. So you've done everything you know about dinosaurs is wrong and everything you know

about mini beasts is wrong. So why did you decide to write one about sharks? Well, we had to.

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