The 11-Foot Goblin Shark

Shark attacks still happen to this day. There’s nothing more terrifying than hearing a story in the news of a mighty, great white shark killing an innocent person. He mentions the backlash of Hollywood blockbusters such as “Jaws” and “Sharknado 3” that intensifies one’s fear. Sharks have evolved in our

Sharks have been creatures that can date back to over 450 billion years, and have survived through all disaster and still live on Earth today. This is a great feat for anything to stay in existence for that amount of time, and hopefully sharks can continue to live on this Earth and not go extinct. There are hundreds if not thousands of species of shark from when they first swam Earth’s oceans to when they continue to swim the same oceans. The study of sharks is a very interesting and extraordinary topic, being able to put together images of what sharks used to look like compared to sharks now is just amazing. In this vast amount of time sharks have spent on this Earth there has been many things that has changed, through evolution and adaptation. Through research and personal opinion I plan to show how sharks have evolved, what has changed through evolution and the history of

Most ancient cultures did not have direct access to sharks, and relied on stories brought to them by fishermen returning from the ocean. What little information the fisherman gave to their fellow people earned sharks an undeserved reputation. (Peachin 7) Sharks remained a mystery for most people until the summer of 1916, when a shark killed several people who were swimming on the New Jersey

Sharks have been in our oceans for almost 450 million years. Those millions of years of evolution have allowed many different shark species to develop abilities, and to become perfect predators.

Every Jaws fan knows the shark gets it in the end. What they do not know is that too many sharks have gotten it; and that has caused a rapid decline in the shark population over the past thirty years. Since the 1970's, sharks of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico shores have declined eighty-five percent. Sharks are vital animal to our world's ecosystem, and if the decline is not controlled; we could be facing devastating problems in years to come. Information has been obtained from two books: The Shark Almanac by Thomas B. Allen and Sharks, An Introduction for the Amateur Naturalist by Sanford A. Moss. Sources also include a number of online references, among them BBC News, ENS News, The New York Times, and two online scientific

Arising over 350 million years ago, the shark species has been labeled as a human devourer. Now, with the increase in human population, the demand for shark meat, fins, and cartilage are at an all time high; therefore, the existence of the shark is becoming a concern (Budker 1971). Individuals are conditioned to think of sharks as a negative aspect to the environment, which is prolonging the effort to save shark species from becoming extinct. With that in mind, some private as well as national organizations have accepted the challenge of educating and informing people about the existence of the shark specie and its importance to the sea.

Do you wanna know what the chances are for you dying from a shark attack? One in 913,200,766! When 43,000 are injured by their toilet! And sharks don’t even like the taste if human flesh (M. R., Ph. (2015, February 08). The Most Misunderstood Shark Fact Of All Time. From http://www.sharksider.com/misunderstood-shark-fact-time/) With the odds being so slim, we got to love these animals a little bit. I mean it’s the animal you were taught to fear your whole life, when it really doesn’t want to hurt you. But even

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s article “The Brutal Business of Shark Finning” reminds us that sharks play a key role in the ocean as both predators and scavengers.

The history of life on earth goes back to millions of years. Many species and creatures evolved and changed through time, leading up to what we know today as, modern man. One of the creatures most similar to modern man is the Neanderthals; they are sometimes referred to as “early modern humans.”

Beginning with the simplest one-celled organism, an extraordinary animal rose in the murky waters entitled to a non-comparable killing-eating machine. This organism has become nature’s most genuine and most successful creature that it has remained unchanged for over 250 million years. Nature finally invented the perfect king of the sea. This animal has given the sea it’s “living” adjective; in turn, it was entitled—the “great white shark.”

Donohue, Patrick and Log, Destin. “Sharks 101.” State and Regional Newspaper, 7 September. 2006. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 28 May. 2016.

Thanks to the movie Jaws, many people are scared of sharks. Seeing a fin in the water terrifies all but the most experienced of beach goers. Sadly, this perception means that most do not really care if the sharks are hunted to extinction or not. However, society’s opinion on sharks needs to change if we want any hope of saving the world’s oceans. Sharks, as an apex predator, are an important part of the ocean’s food chain.

timeline of modern humans, Homo sapiens, and how long they have been in existence. According to mainstream science, popular belief holds that the history of our species is confirmed to be confined to the past 12,000 years. This figure is a culmination based on what we know about evolution and what we have been able to gather through fossil analyzation and dating of artifacts as well as human remains. Although the subject of human antiquity, also referred to as human origins, does not prompt a great deal of debate there may actually be the need for some. A reexamination of the notion that humans have only existed a mere 12,000 years should be considered as there may be evidence to support a much greater antiquity of modern human life. Alternative researchers have offered up evidence of “forbidden archeology” that contradicts the mainstream beliefs of human origins, however these discoveries seem to have been swept under the scientific rug.

Outlasting the worst catastrophes Earth has undergone, it seemed merely forty years ago sharks could and would outlive any event. Yet, even as sharks have the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, the summer of 1916 presented the first unexpected change for these great animals.

In the more recent Miocene era and Pliocene era, approximately 16 to 2.5 million years ago, the Carcharocles megalodon roamed the world’s oceans (Pimiento & Clements, 2014). A complete C. megalodon skeleton was never discovered, but a trend in size increase along the megatooth lineage suggests that the species could have reached a length of up to 60 feet (Pimiento & Balk, 2015). This makes the C. megalodon the largest shark known in existence. In addition, typical adult C. megalodon teeth measured 15 centimeters in length (Bendix-Almgreen, 1983). A closer analysis of the teeth reveals a serrated crown with approximately 13 nodules per centimeter (Bendix-Almgreen, 1983). The size and morphology of a C. megalodon tooth indicates that the species