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The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with its global counterpart, the common black-tip, was an unprecedented discovery with implications for the entire shark world, said lead researcher Jess Morgan.
"It's very surprising because no one's ever seen shark hybrids before, this is not a common occurrence by any stretch of the imagination ( Read more... )

Now that winter is here, beware of Snow Sharks!


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There's always a chance it's a fake like the famous "Hurricane Irene/Puerto Rico street shark"  but the story is that the floods in Thailand brought Bull sharks in from the harbors and up local streets, creating a hazard for pedestrians - you decide!


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Shark fin soup will be off the menu before long in Canada’s largest city. After a frequently theatrical debate that included the flight of an inflatable shark around its chamber, the Toronto City Council voted this week to ban the consumption, possession and sale of shark fins.

The
move was opposed by the city’s mayor, Rob Ford, and questions were
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The Republic of the Marshall Islands is now home to the world’s
largest shark sanctuary, according to nonprofit Pew Environment Group.
The
Nitijela, the Marshallese parliament, unanimously passed legislation
that ends commercial fishing of sharks in all 768,547 square miles of
the central Pacific country’s waters, an ocean area four times the
landmass of ( Read more... )

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blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/09/22/yao-ming-richard-branson-join-shark-fin-opposition/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=chinablog#A long-treasured culinary status symbol in China has come under renewed attack from governments and celebrities, in the latest effort to curb the trade and consumption of shark fin ( Read more... )

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