shark-ray:

Dat face

by Teelzabeth on Flickr.

rhamphotheca:

calehor:  Sharks and Dolphins Preying on Mackerel   

British Wildlife photographer Christopher Swann swam in the midst of this frenetic battle of life and death to capture this images off the coast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean.

Thousands of mackerel swam into a huge shimmering ball 30 feet in diameter to protect themselves from the predatory onslaught of dolphins and sharks. But as the shoal flees from deeper waters towards the surface, clusters of Cory’s shearwaters begin to dive-bomb them from above. Left with no escape, the blue jack mackerel have little choice but to wait until the pod of short-beaked common dolphins have had their fill.

(source)

h3rmitsunited:

belbet:

kimjongthrilla:

logicadinfinitum:

so ijust realised something

plastic donasours, right

plastic is made of oil

which comed from

DINOSAIRS

plastic dinosaurs are made of irl dinosaurs

i…

science has definitely come too far

how did you manage to spell dinosaurs differently 3 times

Oil comes from the Carboniferous period, though.

I mean, little figures of Meganeura the giant dragonfly, Archaeothyris the earliest synapsid (mammal-like reptile), or Akmonistion the crazy-ass ancient shark, sure, but not dinosaurs.

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rhamphotheca:

Helicoprion | Shark Relative Had Buzz Saw Mouth

by Jennifer Viegas

The world’s only animal, past or present, with a complete 360-degree spiral of teeth was Helicoprion, which sliced into prey like a buzz saw.

This shark-like fish, which lived 270 million years ago, is described in the latest issue of Biology Letters. It had one of the most unusual mouths and sets of teeth in the animal kingdom.

“When the animal closed its mouth on prey, the spiral of sharp teeth rotated backwards, like a circular saw, and slashed through the meat,” lead author Leif Tapanila, an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at Idaho State University, told Discovery News.

Tapanila is also the research curator and head of the Earth Sciences Division at the Idaho Museum of Natural History. For the study, he and his colleagues took the first ever 3D images of Helicoprion remains.

Scientists have puzzled over this animal for more than a century, given its highly unusual “tooth whorl.” The new research sheds light on what this prehistoric marine species looked like, what its ancestry was and how it behaved…

(read more: Discovery News)                  (illustration by Ray Troll)

letsbuildahome-fr:

EVERYTHING’S FINE

Two divers look at a great white during a dive without shark cages in the waters off the coast of Mexico. Deep sea photographer Daniel Botelho took a series of pictures on a recent trip to a remote island off the coast of Mexico. The award-winning nature photographer insisted that while great white sharks are top predators they very rarely regard humans as food. He explained the key to safely diving with this notorious shark was to remain relaxed, keep eye contact with the shark and hold ones ground no matter how close the shark swims to the diver. Picture: Daniel Botelho/Barcroft Media

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5191518:

Title:

Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Isla Guadalupe, Baja, Mexico

Photographer:

Wayne Lynch

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neuroatypically-speaking:

shulamithbond:

deepredroom:

red3blog:

juicyjacqulyn:

effffffffffasinfat:

Sounds like someone has a case of “nice guy” syndrome :P

ugh…. gross…

misogynists masquerading as “nice guys”

nope and nope

Sooooo… is the message the Nice Guy™ photoshop wizard is trying to convey that “Good Guys” are an alien species that feels entitled to invade the women’s space for its own edification, while the “Asshole” is a companion species that offers a mutually beneficial relationship?

They may have accidentally had a moment of self-awareness.

Pretty sure the “good guy” also eats those fish, hence why they’re avoiding him. The “asshole” doesn’t eat those fish and is pretty gentle to them, hence why they feel safe enough to hold onto them. What a nice asshole.

I expected this post to be so bad

And it was so good

Accidental irony is so, so delicious.

I am no longer harrumphing thanks to this commentary

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femmesandfamily:

juicyjacqulyn:

effffffffffasinfat:

Sounds like someone has a case of “nice guy” syndrome :P

ugh…. gross…

misogynists masquerading as “nice guys”

nope and nope

I fixed it

So does it surprise anyone I’m harrumphing more about the whale shark’s involvement in this than anything (YOU LEAVE THE AWESOME GIANT FISHIES OUT OF THIS) or

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fightingforwhales:

freedomforwhales:

cetaceaninspiration:

caong:

shitprocapssay:

“In the wild, orcas get attacked by sharks unlike in captivity”

Does apex predator not mean anything to pro-caps?

Someone’s been watching to much Jaws.

This is the kind of education that comes out of places like SeaWorld. 

These quotes make me concerned about the type of people we’re dealing with here.

HAHA! Some killer whales eat sharks! Did they not see that documentary about it?

Personally, I think they WAY they eat them is utterly amazing: some cultures of shark-eating orca have figured out that if you flip a shark over quickly, it enters a catatonic state.

shark-ray:

White shark by Ken Bondy on Flickr.

Beautiful

shark-ray:

Widdle Nurse shark by sindhi

shark-ray:

Sorry I haven’t updated, so here’s a “yelling” Whale shark ;)

 by tomeyer on Flickr.

mage-of-rage:

bestnatesmithever:

Beautiful

wait…

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rhamphotheca:

Good News For Sharks and Rays at CITES Convention!

It’s been a great day at CoP16! Sharks and manta rays have received much needed protection under CITES. 

Read the press release http://1.usa.gov/10Ci3yW

“… Sharks and manta rays have received protection today under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CITES member nations, referred to as “Parties,” voted to increase protections for five species of sharks as well as two species of manta rays. Leading up to and during this meeting, the United States has worked with a coalition of countries committed to gaining support for these proposals

In addition to oceanic white tip sharks, proposals to increase protection for three species of hammerhead sharks – scalloped hammerhead, great hammerhead, and smooth hammerhead; porbeagle sharks; and manta rays were adopted by the Parties…”

(via: USFWS International Affairs)          (photo: NOAA)

rhamphotheca:

Sharks Get Protection at the CITES Convention in Bangkok

After two hours debate, member countries of CITES accepted in Committee I of CoP16 the proposal submitted by Brazil, Colombia and the United States of America to include the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) in CITES Appendix II by a secret ballot of 92 support, 42 against, and 8 abstentions, i.e. a 2/3 majority.

Learn more about why we need to protect sharks:

http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop16/marine-issues.html

(via: USFWS International Affairs)

*pumps fist!*