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As part of Shark Week 2009, Birch Aquarium at Scripps presented a public screening of the shark documentary "Requiem," by Living Ocean Productions. Following the screening was a Q&A with Scripps Oceanography shark researchers, including Dr. Jeff Graham and Scripps graduate student Andy Nosal.
Chompie, the Discovery Channel's giant shark mascot, returns to town to promote Shark Week. For rubber teeth, those look pretty darn sharp!
"The shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) is found offshore in tropical and warm temperate waters of all oceans, but has been known to travel to cooler waters at times, It is very strong and the fastest known species of shark, reaching moving speeds of 31 mph (50 kph) with bursts of up to 46 mph."
ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/shortfin-mako-shark
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COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - DC-based band Shark Week perform on the Treehouse Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Food and Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)
Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, hosted by Montgomery County Agricultural Center at Montgomery County Fair Grounds, Gaithersburg, MD
South Carolina Aquarium hosts the Shark, Rattle and Roll fundraiser party during Shark Week
(c)South Carolina Aquarium
It's Shark Week, and what better way to celebrate than creating a cute interactive shark card using Sea-Prise from Avery Elle? More views and details on my blog: jantink.com/2018/07/sea-prise-avery-elle.html
ECOCEAN Whaleshark Photo-ID Library:
You already know I'm a fan of most things citizen science, but you may
not have known that one of my childhood dreams was to grow up and be
an oceanographer, especially if I could do anything with coral reefs.
I fell in love with coral reefs through a non-fiction children's book
by Ray Bradbury from the local library. (It was later when I fell in
love with his science fiction books.) Curiously, my daughter also had
an oceanic affinity as a child, but instead of reefs, she was in love
with sharks, believing them to be sorely abused and in dire need of
defending. She was rather like a mama bear protecting her cubs if
anyone threatened sharks, and of course Discovery Channel's SharkWeek
meant we were all glued to the TV.
She was right, of course. Sharks DO need defending. Whale sharks in
particular. One of the most fascinat breeds of shark, these grand and
beautiful beasts are at risk of extinction. Enter citizen science to
the rescue.
ECOCEAN's Whale Shark project is a particularly interesting example of
citizen science in that it offers so very many different ways in which
to get involved.
1) You can donate vacation photographs of whale sharks.
2) You can analyse, catalog, and tag the donated photographs.
3) You can contribute data.
4) You can contribute money or "adopt a whaleshark."
5) If you feel those are too much, you can also donate computer
processing power when you aren't using yours, rather like the SETI
project.
I've never seen a project with quite so many different ways to
contribute and be involved!
HAPPY SHARK WEEK!
All I have is bait...
And I almost threw up of the side of the boat taking this picture. Haha. The waters are so rough there!
Seal Island off False Bay in South Africa. I learned during shark week so far that this is one of the great white's most favorite feeding places in the world.