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- Molly, selected from TreeHugger
- August 19, 2012
- 4:30 pm
- 39 comments
By Michael Graham Richard, TreeHugger
There are around 440 known species of sharks!
There are many iconic species of sharks – the Great White in the film Jaws was burned into popular culture, for better and for worse – but they are still a very small subsection of the over 400 shark species that have been discovered by humans so far. Unfortunately, being overlooked by popular culture doesn’t give these lesser-known species any protection, and many of them are endangered. It is estimated that up to 100 million sharks are killed by people every year, due to commercial and recreational fishing. Meanwhile, the “average number of fatalities worldwide per year between 2001 and 2006 from unprovoked shark attacks is 4.3.” Kind of a skewed ratio, no?
In honor of Shark Week, I want to give you an overview of endangered shark species, some of which most people have never heard about – yet their role as top sea predators is just as important as any of the more photogenic species. Obviously we can’t cover all endangered sharks in one post, as there are simply too many, but we’ll try to show how much variety there is among sharks.
Note that some species are so rare now that it’s hard to find photos of them.
Read more: Environment, Nature, Nature & Wildlife, Wildlife, basking shark, dusky shark, endangered sharks, endangered species, great white shark, ocean, sharks, whale shark
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Awww, kitty is cute as button!! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing! The world is a wonderful place and I hope it will be here to stay...
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+ add your ownBeautiful, shared!
the dusky shark, zebra shark and whale shark are magnificent. wow
Thanks. People need to know more about this subject to be able to stop the killings of the sharks.
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in awe
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Beautiful animals, so tragic they are endangered.
Instead of 'Jaws' perhaps they should make another movie: 'Dentures'?
As alterações do clima os oceanos estão aquecer o aumento da acidez das águas dos mares destroi a base de vida nos oceanos e está em risco centenas de milhões de especies é trágico e sem sentido é uma vergonha Obrigado pela informação
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