Today, July 14th is Shark Awareness Day and we are celebrating with some interesting facts about sharks. 1 Sharks Need to Swim to Stay Alive Some sharks need to swim continuously to stay alive. Sharks obtain oxygen for breathing from the water that flows over their gills. If they stop swimming, no more water flow […]
Infographic: What We are Doing to Sharks
A few years back, researchers found that a 100 million sharks are killed every year by humans. This is largely because of a practice called shark finning, where sharks are captured, their fin chopped off and then the lame animals are thrown back into the water. The injury is so severe that the sharks either […]
‘Targetted’ Shark Finning In India A Threat To Global Shark Population
“Today was a very sad day. This morning we went to Blue magic wich is famous for lot of action and big stuff like grey reef sharks and oceanic mantas. We drop down to around 14-16 meter and I saw a dead shark on the bottom, i just thought it was a dead shark but […]