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Megalodon: The Ocean's Fiercest Predator

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 6 Apr

It's not as if sharks aren't scary enough out there in the ocean today. Oh, no we have the Otodus megalodon to look back on in history. Only 80 feet long! With teeth the size of human hands. They lived between 23 million and 36...

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Do you venture into those parts of seas where there are sharks or salt water crocodiles?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 3 Apr

In Andaman and Nicobar Islands there is a part of the sea where there is a safety board. There are five categories of dangerous sea creatures are mentioned which are there like sharks, stonefishes, salt water crocodiles, and many...

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In India for benefit of children the cemented part of sea beaches have sea creatures

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 22 Feb

Children love sea beaches a lot. For understanding the creatures they go to museums. In India there are certain beaches where the concrete part has the sea creatures created as static models. There are models of sharks, whales,...

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there are hoardings alarming swimmers about sharks

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 18 Aug

In the radhanagar beach in Havelock island as the Andaman Sea has diverse biosphere there are alarming hoardings. They say while swimming one should not venture deep into the sea to stay away from sharks salt water crocodiles...

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Endurance swimmer raises awareness for shark conservation

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122133) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Jun

British-South African endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh spent 12 days swimming around Martha's Vineyard island for a distance of 59 miles to raise awareness of shark conservation. Lewis finished his endurance swimming on Monday May 26...

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In certain beaches there are manmade structures of sea creatures

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 21 May 25

In many beaches there are lovely sea structures created out of concrete. There are whales, sharks, sea fishes, corals. Children get amused to see these structures. The sand and sea beach begins from...

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Interesting Shark Facts

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 24 Nov 24

Let's reach the very depths of shark knowledge shall we? Here are 4 facts about sharks: * The largest shark when fully grown is the whale shark. On average they grow to be between 18 and 32 feet in length. * Although most are...

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Interesting Facts About Sharks

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 30 Aug 24

I find sharks fascinating. I don't watch Shark Week because they freak me out. I'm already afraid of the water but knowing sharks abound makes it worse. I read this on one of my streams and wanted to share the info I found. *...

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Facts About Sharks

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 23 Jul 24

* Can you even fathom a shark that is 18 to 32 feet in length? That is the whale shark. * Not all sharks are carnivores. Bonnethead sharks are omnivores. They enjoy a diet of small crabs, shrimp, and small fish as well as...

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What is WRONG with People?

TaxiLady @Ghostlady (2357) • United States 23 Jun 24

Vacations should be enjoyed to the fullest, and you should do things maybe you have never done before..Or spend time with your families..what you should NOT be doing is planning a funeral for a loved one. The Gulf of Mexico is...

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Hometown Horror: Three shark attacks in one Summer afternoon.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 7 Jun 24

Summer has kicked off to a horrific and bloody start here on the Florida coast. Walton County (the County that we live in) has an app that alerts us of arrests, warrants, weather and then breaking news things. Shark attacks are...

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Haiku For Early August 2023

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Aug 23

The first one is actually a pair of Haikus written to mark the anniversary of the atom bomb attacks on Japan in 1945. 1/. Hiroshima Day The day humanity died Evolution fails (Written on the 6th August, anniversary of the...

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The children love the artificial sea creatures in the sea beaches.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 11 Jun 23

In many sea beaches there are many static sea creatures created. That includes dolphins, sharks, octopuses and other sea creatures. Although they are static the children love these structures a lot and play around...

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There are Indian beaches where whales sharks are made out of concrete.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 11 Mar 23

Seas are best known for whales sharks, cod fishes, to name a few. There are a few beaches in India, where there are concrete structures of these mammals and fishes made up. Children have fun to see these static structures. The...

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U S Coast Guard rescue three boaters who were fighting off sharks in the water

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122133) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Oct 22

Three boaters who were reported missing by a relative this weekend were rescued by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescue team when the three boaters who were fighting off sharks in a body of water in Empire Louisiana which...

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Teens in Florida encounter white sharks while diving in the ocean

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122133) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20 Apr 22

I can understand why 17 year old male teenagers named Nick Bailey and Justin Shaw enjoying diving in the ocean since they have done this for the majority of their lives as a form of their entertainment. Last Friday while Nick...

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How terrible! I have Jaws on TV and can´t change the channel.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 25 Sep 21

I hadn´t watched Jaws again since I suffered it the first time when the girls were small. They "made" me take them because everyone at school had seen it. Claudia spent the whole picture in the lobby. Sha even made friends...

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Dolphins can herd too - and protect humans

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 19 Jul 20

Was just perusing the internet outside of mylot (I do this from time to time, you should try it - it's informative) Anyway, I came across an article from several years ago now about a few people...

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Shark attacks: new documentary to watch.

marguicha @marguicha (230351) • Chile 20 May 20

After getting used to so many gross things related to the COVID-19, attacks by white sharks are nothing. I have been watching almost all sorts of documentaries in National Geographic channel and I see that big animals are not...

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There is a beautiful watch tower in the concrete Shankarpur beach.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 3 Jan 20

In the Southern part of Bengal facing Bay of Bengal, Shankarpur and Digha are the only beaches which have concrete banks. The banks have beautiful props of sharks and other marine organisms. There is a beautiful watch tower also...

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