Apparently shark skin is actually quite rough and sandpaper-like in texture. Hardly matters though since most of us would probably still kill for a chance to touch her tail.

Random_Fanguy said:

Apparently shark skin is actually quite rough and sandpaper-like in texture. Hardly matters though since most of us would probably still kill for a chance to touch her tail.

That's because shark skin is covered is microscopic backwards facing scales almost like a rasp. if you're not careful you can literally shave off your skin.

Should google up shark scales and see some of the pictures of those. It becomes quite obvious why if you rubbed them from head-to-tail it'd feel smooth and from tail-to-head it'd feel like sandpaper.

Edit: Can see an example from wikipedia.