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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A city of bridges
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Burrowing owls
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Saffron in bloom
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Poinsettia Day
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
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Mekong River Delta, Long An, Vietnam
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National Bird Day
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A theatrical dream
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Embracing the cold
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Everglades National Park marks 90 years
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Hues of Hokkaido
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Chocolate Hills
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Design for Each and All
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Winter solstice
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Yarn for Distaff Day
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
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The moai you know
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Mount Rainier National Park
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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Splügen Pass, Switzerland
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AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
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Penn Station
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Giving Tuesday
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National Park Week: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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International Tiger Day