Four Things EVERYONE Needs to Know about Sharks

Posted by Queuebot in Animal, Science & Tech on September 29, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Marine biologist and blogger "WhySharksMatter" has created a list of four things everyone needs to know about sharks. Full of  thought-provoking facts and cool pictures of sharks, this post will be interesting to the ocean lover in all of us.

“Human beings are better off with sharks than we are without sharks, and we are in danger of losing them forever… but you can help!”

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TV Sharks You Won't See on Shark Week

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on August 3, 2009 at 2:16 pm


The Discovery Channel is full of shark attacks this week, but who knew there were so many other sharks on TV? From loan sharks to land shark, they’re in this chart from TV Tango. Does this mean they’ve jumped the shark? Link -via Interesting Pile

 
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Gimme A Hug

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on June 30, 2009 at 11:53 am

Gimme A Hug is a documentary from the Protect the Sharks Foundation.

Sharks are one of the most important top-predators in our oceans and there is still a lot we don’t understand, or even know, about this fascinating animal.

This short documentary shows one of the most mysterious phenomena in the animal world; amazing animals, showing a totally different behaviour then most people would expect.

The DVD is available for purchase with subtitles available in several languages. See the trailer at the Protect the Sharks Foundation website. Link -via the Presurfer

 
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Sharks: Serial Killers of the Sea?

Posted by Queuebot in Animal, Crime & Law, Science & Tech on June 25, 2009 at 1:21 am

Researchers using a criminology method made an interesting observation about great white sharks.  It turns out the hunting habits of the great whites were similar to human serial killers.

The scientists adapted geographic profiling, a mathematical technique used to track down serial criminals, to investigate the hunting habits of great whites.

They observed the location of 340 shark attacks and used the data to locate the sharks’ “anchor points”.

In criminal investigations, a series of linked crimes – usually murder, rape or arson – is used to determine the rough location of the perpetrator’s “anchor point”. Most often this is a home or place of work.

Serial killers or rapists tend to operate within a confined area around the anchor point, so knowing its location allows police to avoid being swamped with suspects and prioritise those who live or work in certain areas.

The shark scientists linked the “crimes” of great whites off the South African coast – attacks on seals – and found that the sharks had a well defined search base.

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