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Jaws Movie Poster - UPDATED
I tweaked the top of the 'W' and replaced the two red 2x2 tiles with two red 1x3 tiles, to smooth out the top of the 'W'. After some feedback about the nose, I made Bruce the Shark one brick deeper, this meant that the nose now no longer juts out over his top lip.
Let’s face it—sharks have a bad rap. Thanks to sensationalized stories and stereotyping, sharks have become feared rather than revered. They’re labeled as dangerous, indiscriminate killers that eat anything in sight. But in fact, sharks are most often the victims. They’re killed by the millions annually to supply demand for their fins, which are made into soup and eaten as a status symbol. Such demand for fins has led to overfishing and illegal fishing, depleting shark populations worldwide.
Let's address and dispel some of the most common shark myths and deliver the facts.
SHARK MYTH #1: SHARKS ARE ALL MAN-EATERS
Humans are not food for sharks. The sharks involved in incidents with humans are often hunting for similar-sized prey to humans, such as seals or dolphins. The majority of shark species actually eat fish or invertebrates, such as squid or clams. There’s a diversity of feeding behaviors: large filter feeders, such as the whale shark, strain plankton through modified gills, while bottom-dwelling suction feeders, such as the nurse shark, appear to “inhale” food into their mouths.
Had a little fun over at the Shamrock Market sim as we had a 7Seas fishing contest. Hadn't fished in quite awhile but still ended up in 4th place! Lots of fun!
In honor of Shark Week, Haste is selling this swimsuit at 50% off. I purchased the fatpack as you couldn't beat the price!
Wearing:
Hair - Exile::After the Rain Sparkle- Red
Glasses - Exile::L.A. Glasses
Sandals - fri. - Wayfaring.Sandals (Cocoa)
Feet - Slink Female Feet (AvEnhance) M - Flat
Hands - Slink Mesh Hands Casual M Right & Elegant M Left
Swimsuit - [Haste] Shark Bait - Bruce
Skin - [PF] Renee - Pure (dkbrow)
Southwest has added 5 different stickers promoting Discovery Channel's Shark Week onto 5 different airplanes. This example sports the Mako Shark sticker and is seen taxiing for takeoff to Baltimore.
Well it's certainly been a while. I've been slacking on updating TK's adventures, but I just couldn't miss this little holiday ;)
I know I'm a bit late for the start of the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week", but better late than never I always say. Myself, TK-7707 and the gang wish you and yours a ferociously infested Shark Week!!
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*Background Image curtosy of VisualPhotos.com
*Shark Fin Images curtosy of Google Images
*Discovery Sticker Logo curtosy of Discovery.com
I haven't had much time to make any thing on the side these days but I finally made something for shark week
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 m (41.50 ft) and a weight of more than 21.5 metric tons (47,000 lb), and unconfirmed reports of considerably larger whale sharks exist. Claims of individuals over 14 m (46 ft) long and weighing at least 30 mt (66,000 lb) are not uncommon. The whale shark holds many records for sheer size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living nonmammalian vertebrate, rivalling many of the largest dinosaurs in weight. It is the sole member of the genus Rhincodon and the family, Rhincodontidae (called Rhiniodon and Rhinodontidae before 1984), which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The species originated about 60 million years ago.
The whale shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea, with a lifespan of about 70 years. Whale sharks have very large mouths, and as filter feeders, they feed mainly on plankton. The BBC program Planet Earth filmed a whale shark feeding on a school of small fish. The same documentary showed footage of a whale shark timing its arrival to coincide with the mass spawning of fish shoals and feeding on the resultant clouds of eggs and sperm.
The species was distinguished in April 1828 after the harpooning of a 4.6-m-long specimen in Table Bay, South Africa. Andrew Smith, a military doctor associated with British troops stationed in Cape Town, described it the following year. The name "whale shark" comes from the fish's size, being as large as some species of whales and also a filter feeder like baleen whales.
Blue Sharks have been found carrying up to 135 pups n their uterus! C 1 found w/ 52 in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1551092 #SpeciesOfTheDay #SharkWeek
Jaws Movie Poster - Shark Side View
Stands 15.75" (40cm) tall, 13.5" (34cm) wide and 5.25" (13.5cm) deep.
Part Count: approx. 3500
Day 87 of the 365 days challenge.
Day 2 of "Scarf/Shark Week." I thought it looked a little more surreal with a touch of the faux-lensbaby action I've got. And behold the results of my leisurely afternoons poolside-- my skin has two settings: freckled and carbon. I don't really "tan."
Shark fact: Although a few sharks have bold black eyes, the color varies with the species. Sharks may have green eyes, or golden eyes, while some see their world through silvery grey eyes. Some sharks have round pupils, others have slits, and the most highly evolved sharks have pupils that dilate.
Shark pointillism piece, geometric tattoo-inspired.
Done with Sharpie and Sakura micron 0.2mm fine liner.
Jaws Movie Poster - Shark Front View
Stands 15.75" (40cm) tall, 13.5" (34cm) wide and 5.25" (13.5cm) deep.
Part Count: approx. 3500
If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be.
- Mahatma Gandhi
I did a fairly simple shoot today. Mostly because I wanted to finish up quickly so that I could get back to watching Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. If you've never heard of it, where have you been???? Seriously. Every year. Beginning of August. Discovery runs nonstop shows about sharks for an entire week. I've always been equally fascinated and terrified by sharks. Well, really all ocean life. It really is the last truly undiscovered territory, you know? There are monsters living at the bottom of the ocean that nobody has ever seen before! Horrors we can't even imagine live down there! *shudders* Yeah, I don't do too well with snorkling. I refuse to take any "fish food" with me and freak out as soon as I realize fish are following me around. It drives my dad crazy. He's the only one I feel safe enough to snorkle with. I usually half pull him under whenever I panic and surface and start splashing wildly to swim to shore. Fish are just scary. But sharks....those are the mother of all scary fish! And Shark Week lets me watch from the comfort of my couch. Perfect. :)
365 Days (self portraits): Day 124