Shark week
2012-08-16 at 01:33 pm
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During the 25th Anniversary of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel this August, people around the world are talking about sharks. But there’s something quite serious going on with sharks that people may not know: they are disappearing from our oceans, and fast.
Sharks are critically important. They have roamed our oceans since before the time of dinosaurs, but their long reign at the top of the ocean food chain may be ending. The onset of industrial fishing over the past 60 years has drastically depleted their populations. As key predators, their decline has risks for the health of entire ocean ecosystems. Now it’s time to make sharks count.
For more information about the Pew Environment Group’s global shark conservation efforts, visit http://www.PewEnvironment.org/sharks
Sharkwater Documentary
For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth.
Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.
Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world’s shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Full documentary ( French language)
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Every year a few people get killed by Sharks. That’s usually an accident, since Humans don’t taste very good. More people go diving and hang out with Sharks, and even give them some fish to eat, and then stroke them.
I like Skates, because they swim like birds flying. And then there is the Hammerhead. They look weird, but that’s actually a big sensor array on the front of their heads
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August 16th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Last week, France was set to hire professional fishermen to kill some 20 sharks off the (French) island of Reunion in an effort to understand the reasons for a series of attacks in the surfing hotspot. Two surfers have been attacked by sharks within a week.
At first mayor of Reunion Island called off the hunt, but next days after the hunt has been approved.
Yesterday fishermen ( paid by french government to kill 10 tiger sharks and 10 bull sharks) have caught 2 tiger sharks
Scientists are studying them to understand why they attacked people…
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Very informative blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks!
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Last week, France was set to hire professional fishermen to kill some 20 sharks off the (French) island of Reunion in an effort to understand the reasons for a series of attacks in the surfing hotspot. Two surfers have been attacked by sharks within a week.
At first mayor of Reunion Island called off the hunt, but next days after the hunt has been approved.
Yesterday fishermen ( paid by french government to kill 10 tiger sharks and 10 bull sharks) have caught 2 tiger sharks
Scientists are studying them to understand why they attacked people…
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Thanks Phil for sharing.
It’s a shame what happens to some animals.
It would be good to become aware of what is happening and could be reversed.
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Merci, mon ami!
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thank you Phil for a great blog, love to watch shark week, it is a shame how many animals are treated and taken for granted, so sad really. Thank you for sharing your great awareness Phil
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aww goodness this is horrible Phil.
In a way the Sharks are harmless.
Thank you for sharing:love:
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The_Gaian_Dragon Reply:
August 18th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Sharks are not tame, and they are carnivores. However, notice from these video clips, that these Sharks are NOT thinking of the Humans as food. Instead, they are somewhat curious about the camera, and they are not behaving as if the divers were really any threat
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