Hammerhead shark

long (the same size as an adult great white shark!), and can weigh 2,000 pounds. This monster of the deep is the Greenland Shark. Although this massive creature seems like a monster, humans actually rarely come in contact with it, making this shark even more elusive. Surprisingly, this shark is actually very important, let’s find out why. Even though the Greenland shark sounds like a horrible beast, one could even say it looks kind of cute. This shark sports a round, tubular body, like a torpedo

only does Stubb ask Fleece to "preach" to the sharks who are making a considerable din eating the dead whale chained to the ship, but he compares Fleece's inability to "correctly" cook a whale steak to Fleece's un-Christian ways. This passage is an excellent example of the theme of the hypocrisy of religion in Moby Dick. Before Stubb calls on Fleece, Ishmael compares the actions of the shark to the actions of man. He first compares Stubb to the sharks: "Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on whale's

The Sharks Potential in the Cure for Human Cancer Thumbing through the pages of Business Week, the headline read Maybe Jaws Can Put the Bite on Cancer. Interested, I continued to read the short article. According to the reporter, Otis Port, researchers at California State University in Fresno say that they have isolated four substances in shark cartilage that appear to inhibit cancer (93). Curious, I continued to read the rest of the article. The chemicals block a mechanism discovered in the

g. E.T, Close Encounters of the 3rd kind and this film is a good example. The film Jaws is about a gargantuan great shark which is a man eating shark. The shark attacks many people in different terrifying and horrifying ways throughout the film and the shark slaughtered many people throughout the film. The film shows us our natural fear against the shark. The film was set in America in a place called Amity Island on a particular day, the day was July 4th. The reason

actors in history. In addition, he is looked up to by many individuals. Here are some facts that most people don't know about this actor. Stay tuned for part 2, coming soon! Number Fifteen: A Shark Almost Killed Sean Connery When the actor was filming the movie Thunderball, he was almost killed by a shark. The shark had broken through the tank separation and they had to evacuate him right away. Number Fourteen: He Lost His Virginity Young Sean Connery was quite young when he lost his virginity. He

The water has always been a safe haven for me, regardless if it was the ocean or a simple pool. It calmed me and put life into perspective. Growing up I had a minor learning disability that made reading and writing a major obstacle. No one really understood why it didn’t click for me. I was taking classes before school and having tutors in the summer, but it wasn’t enough. After a few years, I was molded to be the athlete of the family and as long as I tried with school, the grades weren’t a huge

We all probably know what a flamingo is and its color but know nothing else about them right. After reading this paper you should know a whole lot more about flamingos you should know where they live, what they eat, why they are pink, and some predators of the flamingo. Flamingos surprisingly live all around the world some live in the West Indies, some live in northern parts of South America and the lesser flamingos live in Africa. These are some of the foods flamingos eat in these places

The legends of crocodiles in the sewers of major cities is a gripping form of urban legend that makes it own genre, between horror and cryptozoology. The legend in this form extends as far back as the 1930’s in the United States, and has been circulated through the internet since the internet itself circulated the globe, and many accounts of sightings have spread through Youtube’s pseudo-documentary community, and Facebook’s unique niche for fantastic tales. Humans crave wild and fictitious stories

The Edwards Plateau is located south of the Texas panhandle ranging from the northern great plains all the way to the border with Mexico; additionally, its eastern border is near the center of Texas. The climate in this region consists of sweltering summers with temperatures near 100 degrees Fahrenheit and chilly winters with temperatures ranging to the low 40s. Abrupt and rapid weather swings are also common, temperatures can drop 50 degrees in a day. The Edwards Plateau does not have a wet or dry

A ship set sail from the island of Mykonos, sailing to Mount Olympus. The captain of the boat was Poseidon. They were on the Aegean Sea. The voyage was supposed to take over a month, but Poseidon was the sea god so he sped up the trip by having mermaids pull the boat. The mermaids got tired fast, so Poseidon sent them back to his sea palace. About halfway through the voyage, the crew refused to work together. Poseidon tried to force them to work, but that didn’t work. He tried bribery, ripping a