stomach
Sharks eat far less than most people imagine. Remember that, like other fishes, sharks are cold-blooded. Cold-blooded animals have much lower metabolisms than warm-blooded animals such as mammals. So sharks don't need huge amounts of food. A shark probably eats between 1% and 10% of its body weight in a week, and many sharks probably go several weeks between meals.
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