Shark Week Is Here!

It is that great time of year when the Discovery Channel shows 24 hours of nothing but Sharks! Check out some cool facts about sharks below, curtosey of Discovery Channel.

"Tiger, great white, and bull sharks perpetrate most attacks on humans. They hunt human-sized prey and are capable of inflicting fatal bites"

"A great white shark rolls its eyes into the back of its head when it attacks to protect its eyes from debris and the thrashing of its prey"

"Blue sharks are among the most threatened shark species in the world. Overfishing and trade in fins have caused the population to decline"

"Galeophobia is the excessive fear of sharks. It comes from the Greek word "galeos", which was a particular type of shark #sharkweek"

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