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    In the recent decades‚ the worldwide shark population has experienced a drastic decline. This is a result of the over-hunting of sharks for their fins. Shark finning- the practice of catching a shark and removing its fins from the rest of its carcass- has become more common as the shark fin trade continues to grow. Sharks are currently being hunted at a much faster rate than they can reproduce‚ and if the hunting is not stopped‚ it will lead to their extinction. Despite its cultural significance

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    English oral - Shark Cullings Each year in Australia‚ the number of deaths from shark attacks ranges between zero to three deaths. To put this into perspective‚ more people around the world are killed as a result of falling coconuts or vending machines. Following a small rise in the number of shark attacks in Western Australia over the past two years‚ the Western Australian Government has legalised the culling of all sharks over three metres long caught on baited drum lines‚ in an attempt to

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    Great White Sharks Essay

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    Great White Sharks Great Whites‚ the king of the ocean. They grow to an amazing size. They have incredible hunting methods. Also‚ they are curious creatures that bite things that are attracting. Lastly‚ they eat different types of creatures. Great White Sharks are amazing creatures that do amazing things. Where they live and their envirment Great White Sharks are amazing creatures because they live in interesting places. One way‚ they live in interesting places is they have been showing up in Cape

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    Why Are Sharks So Deadly

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    The topic I have chosen is about sharks and why are they so Deadly. Sharks are deadly because there brain has a very tiny structure in there head. In fact they found that the shark brain only weighs up to about 1.2 ounces are (35 grams) which only works out to about 0.008 percent of its total body weight. Humans have about 238 times more brain mass than white sharks. Sharks are more deadly because the really don’t have a brain to really think because there brain has a very little structure to compare

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    Differences Between Sharks and Dolphins Sharks and dolphins are both ocean creatures. From afar they look alike but are contrasting ocean creatures. One of the main allusions is that they are the same type of creature‚ but a shark is a fish while a dolphin is a mammal. Because sharks are fish‚ they are cold blooded‚ and because dolphins are mammals they are warm blooded. Dolphins have blow holes and can only stay under water for up to seven to twelve minutes. Although sharks do not have blow holes

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    Did you know that vending machines are bigger killer than sharks? And that 10 people are killed by sharks worldwide every year? Yet we continue to kill 10 million sharks every year. Shark culling was implemented in WA in 2013 to protect swimmers‚ with great whites being targeted‚ although 50 species of sharks including great whites‚ are listed as vulnerable‚ endangered or critically endangered. The system isn’t cheap either with the government paying fisherman $610 000 for 107 days of the catch and

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    About Shark Fin Soup

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    numbers/who would you contact * Donate to protect sharks “http://www.sharktruth.com/funding “ * Websites * http://www.sharktruth.com * http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/shark-fin-soup.htm * twitter: @stopfinning * facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StopSharkFinning * Who to contact * people in your area who wants to stop restaurants selling shark fin soup What is the long term forecast? Is anything being done? * Shark fin soup is banned in Vancouver thanks to

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    I’m researching the Hammerhead shark it has many unique features . It has a oddly shaped head used for hunting . They live near the equator or in tropical waters . They are carnivores and eat about anything and their favorite food is the sting ray . The hammerhead shark is very unique . Their head helps them see and pick up electric waves under water . their head helps them see and hunt . They are carnivores only eat meat favorite is the stingray . Their color is grayish brown and green on the

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    Shark Exploitation/ Shark Finning Shark exploitation is any action of catching sharks from the sea and using their body parts for human use. Shark finning is removing the fins of sharks and either throwing them back into the ocean to bleed to death or kept for other human uses. The shark fins are used as food to make an Asian soup called shark fin soup. Shark finning only uses about one to five percent of the entire shark’s body. The rest of the shark’s body could be used as food for other communities

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    States use nets‚ drum lines and other shark culling measures? The shark is known to be a terror of the ocean that does nothing more than kill human’s‚ at least this is what was think of these creatures until more research was discovered. The truth is that the shark is a beautiful creature that has more than 440 species that is being hunted to extinction. Not many people are killed by sharks‚ as it is more common to be killed by a vending machine‚ than a shark. These creatures do not need to be hunted

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