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    The Great White Shark that I chose to research was Katherine. She was tagged on August 20, 2013 in Cape Cod Massachusetts. She weighed 2,300 pounds, 14 feet and 2 inches. She was named in honor of Katharine Lee Bates, a Cape Cod native and songwriter—best known for her poem and song “America The Beautiful”. The latest ping for Katharine is off the coast of Florida, near New Smyrna Beach. This area is also known as the shark capital and it consists of murky water that has bait fish within it.…

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    Sharks are being killed by the millions each year (Balaguer 18), and while there are regulations in place attempting to protect sharks from the massive overfishing, regulations alone are not enough. There is a deep-seated stigma surrounding sharks, which will be explained later on, that is negatively affecting attempts at conservation. This paper intends to explain the effect of stigma and cultural views on the overfishing of sharks, as well as the negative effects overfishing and endangerment…

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    Great White Sharks

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    The Great White Shark is the biggest shark that is known to be alive today. The average Great White can live up to 70 years old or more. Most Great Whites mature around the age of 15. Great White Sharks have a grey body on the tp yet on the bottom it is white for camouflage, they are grey on the top because it helps blend them into the water so that predators and prey can't see them, this is the same reason that they have a white belly. The Great White Shark has a snout, black eyes (They are…

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    Sharks are vicious creatures that have very distinct, intelligent ways of finding food, and have been on earth for 400 million years. These interesting animals get their prey in three stages, and the first is sensing and finding their prey. When a shark gets hungry, it will use every single one of its senses to find food. Lateral lines running down the sides of their body allow them to sense vibrations and pulses in the water. Not only that, but sharks also have small pores in their snout…

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    rich taste, shark meat has been a delicacy throughout history. Dating back to the Ming Dynasty in China, man has been hunting nature’s top predators throughout much of its history. However, in modern day humans are paying the price for this hunt. The killing of over 100 million sharks per year to keep this tradition going has now sent sharks populations on a rapid decline (Spalding). Poaching, commercial fishing, and medical demands for sharks are causing the rapid deterioration of shark…

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    Washington and he loved sharks. Ever since he was a little boy he had a special attraction to sharks. The boy would always go to the aquarium and volunteer as a shark feeder. Every time he would feed the sharks, he was impressed of how the sharks would eat or swim in the water. When he was done he would continued his day in the aquarium. Then one day he recently noticed something odd with the employees. When he went to feed the sharks, employees would call him call “shark boy” as he would hang…

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    “The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have moulded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behaviour, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms moulded by the shark.” – Paul Watson. Sharks are cartilaginous fish with pair fins and nares, two chambered hearts and jaws. These characteristics are unique to the class, chondrichthyes. Ray, skates, and chimaeras are members of this class and sharks closest relatives.…

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    Sharks are animals of the sea that are also known as monsters. However, this is not true. They are really just misunderstood by everyone. Sharks are very interesting creatures that have certain flaws. One flaw that is known is that sharks are color blind. So when they are deep in the water and they see an object above them they think food. When a person has flippers on or and are using a kickboard, the shark associates it with a seal. Seals are one of the main animals that sharks eat. When…

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    struck by lightning then being bit by a shark. Sharks are interesting creatures and are being tagged to protect them. Mako sharks are a very interesting species of shark. In the meantime, Makos eat lots of meat such as birds to fish. They swallow their prey whole and are known as apex hunters. Also they live in both warm and cold water they also like to surface on top in open ocean. Makos like to leap out of the water into the air. They are are the fastest sharks in the world. Specifically makos…

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    Shark Tank Swot Analysis

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    In season 9, episode 5 of Shark Tank, the sharks (investors) are faced with many important decisions that can make or break the businesses for these four companies whose businesses range anywhere from clothing to home improvement. The first entrepreneurs that came on the show was Eric Huang and Steven Mazur with the company “Ash & Anvil” out of Detroit, Michigan. Their clothing line is a brand made especially for “short” men. While making their pitch to the sharks, Steven said “one in three…

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