Shark Action II

Mesmerizing and fascinating, sharks are amazing creatures. Electroreception allows sharks to notice changes in saltwater electricity conduction. Blood changes conductivity and sharks can smell it Sharks respond to an infrasonic sound that injured fish make, drawing sharks to an easy meal. Sharks' livers contain lots of oil which makes the liver a relatively buoyant organ. This helps sharks keep their balance in the water. (Shark facts from The Discovery Channel.)

Shark Action

Hammerhead Sharks and Whitetip Reef Sharks in Socorro, Mexico.

Sharks have been around since before the dinosaurs. Yet, as many as 100 million sharks are killed each year for their meat and fins. Three sharks are killed every second by humans. Their population is being decimated by our ignorance and fear.
As the ocean's top predator, they keep the ecosystem in check. Personally, I am more terrified of alligators, as sharks don't target humans. In fact, at 1:45 in the video, you'll see a Whitetip cruise by with an octopus tentacle hanging out of its mouth. The Whitetip could not have cared less that I was in his domain and would have been a much larger morsel to munch!

Royalty Free Music "Firesong" by Kevin MacLeod

Not Quite the Muppets

If Jim Henson created Muppets who lived in the ocean, this is what I would imagine them to be like. This Green Moray Eel shared this crevice with some juvenile Whitetip Reef Sharks.

Royalty Free Music by Kevin MacLeod