Our Shark Awareness Day celebrity is a blue shark swimming in the cold waters off Cork, Ireland. The inspiration for its name comes from the blue shark’s back color, not its mood. It’s currently listed as ‘near threatened’—a status all too common for sharks today. Why celebrate an apex predator that most humans associate with horror movies? Because without sharks acting as population control on other marine life, the world’s oceans would be a very different place. Blue sharks eat a lot of squid and fish, and like land predators, help to keep their prey from overpopulation. Mother Nature keeps us in a delicate balance, so it’s important that we don’t accidentally remove a vital member of that system… even if that creature seems scary to most of us.
Does this shark have an Irish accent?
Today in History
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International Womens Day
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Cannes, France, in the spotlight
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Mack Arch Rock
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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Arrone in Umbria, Italy
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A predator at risk
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International Whale Shark Day
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Hiding in plain sight
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When an ideal microclimate gives you lemons…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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The wild heart of Tasmania
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From pirate port to nature preserve
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Groundhog Day
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World Octopus Day
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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Sands of time
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Hyalite Creek at Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana
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Total solar eclipse
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North Cascades National Park at 50
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Old Town Quito
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Storm rolls over the grasslands
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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
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Easter
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Instant romance
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The Door County Coastal Byway in Wisconsin
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A different view of sharks