They"ve long been treated as threats, portrayed as villains, and brutally hunted for their edible fins, so we think it"s only fair that sharks get their own day. Shark Awareness Day is meant to highlight the importance of the most fearsome fish in nature, from little dwarf lantern sharks to great whites to these blacktip reef sharks cruising the Tahitian coast.
A different view of sharks
Today in History
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Aprils full moon
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The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
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International Tiger Day
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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Go with the rainbow flow
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Zion National Park, Utah
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Womens History Month
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Saffron in bloom
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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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Summertime in Alaska
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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50 years of the Endangered Species Act
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A plot was afoot
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Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
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Thomas Edison s bright idea
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Dancing waters of Dubai
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Wildebeest on the move
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The globe skimmers return
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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The birthplace of a classic Christmas carol
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2022 Winter Paralympics
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Listening to the sea
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Guanahacabibes National Park, Cuba
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Celebrating freedom
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Where the glow of the holidays lingers
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Oymyakon, Russia
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Christmas Eve
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Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California