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shark

/ʃɑːk/, /ʃɑː(r)k/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A scaleless fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton that has 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

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Second, the scales flex as the shark swims, creating an unstable surface so that parasites cannot find a home there.
Okwesibini, la maxolo ayagoba njengoko ukrebe edada, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ezinye izilwanyana eziphila ngokrebe zingahlali kuye.

So is the great white shark.
Kukwanjalo nangokrebe omkhulu owaziwa ngokuba yiwhite shark.

This shark has an extraordinary sense of smell, being able to detect one drop of blood diluted in 25 gallons [100 l] of water!
Lo krebe uneempumlo ezibukhali kangangokuba uyakwazi ukujoja ithontsi legazi elikwiilitha ezili-100 zamanzi!

They were about to surface when a great white shark rushed at the woman.
Kwathi kanye xa siza kuvela ngaphezulu emanzini kwegqi ukrebe omkhulu usiza kuhlasela inkosikazi.

For instance, the CO2 cylindrette type, can be used for inflating car tubes, fire extinguishing, inflation of rubber rafts or for putting gas under an up-turned boat (can supply a 200 lb. lift) and for squirting jet of bubbles to frighten off a shark.
Ingqina uhlobo lomqulu wegesi Co2 ingasetyenziswa ekunyusweni kwetyhubhu zemoto, izicima mlilo, ukunyuswa kwerabha ekubekeni igesi ngaphantsi kwesikhephe esiguqulwe sajongiswa phezulu (enokunikezela i200lb uphakanyiso) nesitsazisi esitsazisayo samaqamza ukoyikisa ookrebe.

In the Far East a green light may denote the presence of sharks, yet in home waters it may denote something entirely different.
Ekudeni bempuma ukukhanya ukuluhlaza kubonisa ukuba kukho ookrebe, kanti ke apho kungekho nzulu kubonisa ngamanye amaxesha ngokwahlukileyo kwaphela.

The Superstars of Shark Bay
Ezona Zinto Zithandwayo EShark Bay

With its 3,000 formidable teeth, the great white shark is perhaps the most frightening carnivorous fish.
Ngenxa yeengxavula zawo zamazinyo ezingama-3 000, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ukrebe omhlophe usesona silwanyana soyikekayo kwezitya inyama.

While in prison at Dannemora, though, I became part of a group of loan sharks, who made loans at excessive interest rates.
Noko ke, xa ndandisentolongweni eDannemora, ndaba ngomnye weqela lamaqothaqikili, awayebolekisa ngemali enenzala engaphaya kwengqondo.

A shark’s tooth?
Ngezinyo likakrebe?

Shark fishing is unregulated in many countries.
Kumazwe amaninzi ukuzingela ookrebe akunamiqathango.

Imagine huge sharks swimming peacefully together with children in a lagoon!
Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni nje wookrebe abakhulu bedada ngoxolo kunye nabantwana echibini!

It is important to swim calmly, not to splash or make irregular movements, because these attract shark as any wounded or struggling fish does.
Kubalulekile ukudada ngokuthe cwaka ungangxoli okanye wenze iintshukumo ezingangqamaniyo kuba ezi zinto zitsala umdla kakrebe njengokuba intlanzi eyonzakeleyo nelwayo isenza.

Never dangle arms and legs in the water, because sharks and other fish may be lurking out of sight.
Ungaze ujingise iingalo kwakunye nemilenze emanzini, ngoba ookrebe kwakunye nezinye iintlanzi zingazimela zingabonakali.

A bevy of sharks circling you can present a problem, but here, too, keeping steadily on your course will make them cautious and if you frighten one, the others may also make off.
Iqela lookrebe elikungqongileyo lingayenza ingxaki, kodwa nalapha, ukugcina kwindlela yakho kumile kungazenza zilumke naxa usoyikisa enye nezinye zingabaleka.

Pelsaert would have found his grass meadows if he had looked under the water, for Shark Bay contains the largest and most diverse sea-grass meadows in the world, over 1,500 square miles [4,000 sq km] in all.
Lo kaPelsaert ngewayefumene amathafa anotyani ukuba wayekhangele ngaphantsi kwamanzi, kuba iShark Bay yeyona ndawo engaphantsi kwamanzi enotyani obuninzi obuziindidi ezininzi ehlabathini, izikwekhilomitha ezingama-4 000.

Unless there is free blood in the water the approach manoeuvre generally scares the shark away.
Ngaphandle kokuba akukho gazi emanzini indlela elungalungisiweyo jikelele iyamoyikisa atsho abaleke ukrebe.

The whale shark feeds on tiny plankton and krill, which “wash down through the esophagus into the immense and elastic banquet hall that is the cardiac stomach.”
Ukrebe utya izilwanyana ezincinane ezihlala emanzini ezingenakubonwa ngeliso lenyama, “ezehla ngommizo ukuya kweso sisu sikhulu sinwebekayo esinjengeholo yokutyela.”

Small sharks are more dangerous than big ones, the latter having grown large through exercising caution.
Ookrebe abancinci ngazona banobungozi ngaphezulu kookrebe abakhulu, aba bamva xa bakhule kakhulu baba nobulumko.

Add to this depredation their naturally low birth rates, slowness in maturing, and long gestation periods coupled with the pollution of their nursery grounds, and the result is a rapidly declining shark population.
Ukongezelela ekulotyweni kwabo, inani labo liphinda lincitshiswe kukungazali kakhulu, ukukhula kade, ukumitha ixesha elide nokonakaliswa kweendawo abazalela kuzo, zonke ezi zinto ziphumela ekubeni banciphe ngokukhawuleza.

Shark Bay —A Marine Wonderland 15
IShark Bay—Ichweba Elinendalo Entle

The cavernous mouth of even a small adult whale shark could easily accommodate a pair of Jonahs.”
Kumlomo onjengomqolomba woyena krebe ukhulileyo umncinane kunokungena ngokulula ooYona ababini.”

It has hundreds of islands and is the only freshwater lake with oceanic life such as sharks, swordfish, and tarpon.
Inamakhulukhulu eziqithi yaye kuphela kwechibi elinezilwanyana zaselwandle, njengookrebe nezinye iintlanzi.

Great white shark
Ukrebe omkhulu

There are far larger sharks elsewhere; the whale shark can reach up to 45 feet (15 m) in length —possibly even more!
Bakho ookrebe abakhulu ngaphezu kwaba nakwezinye iindawo, omnye ukrebe umalunga neemitha ezili-15 ubude—mhlawumbi nangaphezulu!