Secretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.In contrast to excretion, the substance may have a certain function, rather than being a waste product.ecretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.
The oldest shark fossils. The oldest fossilized evidence of prehistoric sharks comes from shark-like scales that date to 455 million years ago during the Ordovician Period, in Colorado. Some paleontologists do not agree that these scales are sufficiently shark-like to pronounce them sharks.
Jeff Rotman/Getty Images. Megalodon didn't earn its name (giant tooth) for nothing. The teeth of this prehistoric shark were serrated, heart-shaped, and over half a foot long (by comparison, the biggest teeth of a Great White Shark only measure about three inches long).