AQUA ZAZZ

A blog for Ocean lovers

[terramarproject]

We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as though our lives depended on it. Because they do.

Dr. Sylvia Earle (via terramarproject)

[gentlesharks]

The Greenland Shark is a prehistoric shark, it has an extra gill slit than the modern day shark, so it comes from another era. It lives thousands of feet on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, so very few people know about it. The Greenland Shark is known to live up to 200 years old. Parasites latch onto the eye of the shark and feed off the tissue of the eye, rendering the shark blind. But they have no problem hunting for food, they have incredible smell and, like most sharks, they can sense the vibrations that prey give off.

[babylon-crashing]

“Hello, my name is Z, and I love sharks …”

[sharkhugger]

I didn’t know there was a word for this!  YAY!  8D

[rjzimmerman]

Sharks range in size from the largest fish on the planet to the length of your palm. See how you compare to some of these vulnerable predators that are so crucial to the ocean's health.

[wildkingdom]

Sharks can really turn on the heat when they want to eat! Check out this infographic about the world’s fastest sharks.

[sharkhugger]

Article: Manta rays are first fish to recognize themselves in a mirror

They did not show signs of social interaction with the image, which is what you would expect if they perceived it to be another individual. Instead, the rays repeatedly moved their fins and circled in front of the mirror (click on image below to see one in action). This suggests they could see whether their reflection moved when they moved. The frequency of these movements was much higher when the mirror was in the tank than when it was not.

The rays also blew bubbles in front of the mirror, behavior that Ari had not observed in the rays before.

[magnificogreatwhites]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkpix/albums

George Probst

[cool-sharks]

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[aquazazz]

My favorite... gonna have to do a bit about Leopard Sharks sooner rather than later...

[archatlas]

[archatlas]

Underwater Jorge Cervera Hauser

Jorge Cervera Hauser is executive producer at Calypso Media, co-director at Pelagic Life, and producer of the documentary feature México Pelágico.

[aquazazz]

:D

Gorgeous. (Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten this blog, I’m just INCREDIBLY easily distracted by things. haha)

[tibureykingofthesea]

The beauty of shark interaction. Showing sharks as curious and social  animals towards humans, not killers. They are even able to create different relationships with specific human individuals(ej. Eli Martinez, Jim Abernethy, Cristina Zenato, etc…) and they can learn from observation. As top predators they must be respected. But the contact we are able to have with sharks is not possible with a lot of land or ocean predators. And as long as there is respect, understanding and appreciation in between, we can have close encuentres with them with no real risk of danger. 

Unfortunately the only tool they have for feeling is the one that our skin can’t tolerate. In most cases they use their snout to touch things, there is no damage at all, and there is no need to use their teeth. But when they do use them which is extremely rare, the wound is mostly superficial and if death ocurrs (which is even rarer), the cause would be blood lose not because the shark “ate” the person".  

Out of thousands of animals, the shark is one of the few we can truly interact without getting instantly harmed.  

“there are no dangerous sharks, only dangerous situations” - Dr. Erich K. Ritter

Photos by: Jean Marie Ghislain

[sharkhugger]

I’ve been asked about sites that do shark adoptions with photos and plushies for charity/donations/conservation!  I remembered Shark Angels, but there are others.  As I get more info I’ll post them here so you all know and if you want to adopt or give one as a gift you know where to go! 

If you know of another group, just send me a message or note, as sometimes I don’t see all the reblogs :3

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Via: Sharkangels.org

Earn your wings

By adopting a shark, you are helping to support our efforts to raise awareness of the critical issues sharks face and by doing so, protect these and other threatened species.

Proceeds go towards our shark cherub educational programs, fin free campaigns, research programs and media awareness campaigns which include all of the videos, presentations, articles, blogging, news articles and any other shark related content we provide.

$50 Shark adoption kit includes:

12 inch hammerhead plush puppet (some are tiger, some are hams, depends on which one you adopt I think.)

5” x 7” personalized adoption certificate

5” x 7” full-color photo with fascinating facts about your new shark

Die Cut Shark Sticker

Personalized acknowledgment to your gift recipient

Be featured on our website with the name of your shark (See Our Angels)

Option: Special Personalized Happy Birthday acknowledgment

Option: Special Personalized Valentine’s Day gift card

Option: Special Personalized Mother’s Day gift card

Option: Special Personalized Father’s Day gift card

Name your shark in honor of someone special

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Shark angels also has other shark themed swag, shirts, jewelry, stickers, boards, etc at http://sharkangels.mybigcommerce.com/ that helps fund their programs.  ^u^

[aquazazz]

My kinda Valentine’s Day gift...

:3

[montereybayaquarium]

A white shark’s great migration!

Yeah, I’m pretty great…

Great white sharks are commonly found along the coast of California and in the Monterey Bay. For a long time, it was assumed that our local adult white sharks were coastal cruisers— simply searching for dolphins, seals and sea lions in nearshore waters. And then researchers put satellite tags on their backs:

Packing on the frequent-swimmer miles — Shark migration paths from the Farallon Islands near San Francisco, and from Guadalupe Island in Mexico (that’s where the shark gifs in this post were filmed).

Working with many research partners, Aquarium ecologists discovered in the early 2000′s that—starting in the fall and winter—northeastern Pacific great whites make extensive journeys across the open ocean to Hawai’i—and on to a mysterious location in the middle of nowhere Pacific Ocean, affectionately called “The White Shark Café”. What’s going on out there? Well…

We don’t know!

Hmmm, finteresting…

Presumably, white sharks would only make such incredible migrations to feed or breed—or both. But if they’re feeding in the Café, we’re not entirely sure what they’re feeding on. And if they’re there to mate, that seems like an awfully long way to go to find a date, instead of the nearshore feeding islands where males and females are already mixing. Soooo, we’re not quite sure what’s happening out there.

Research to the rescue!

Tag, you’re it! — Aquarium researcher Salvador Jorgensen with a tool of the tagging trade.

To determine the sharks’ behavior in the café, The Aquarium is teaming up with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to develop a smart tag that uses accelerometers and gyroscopes to record details of swimming motion and speed. 

Males and females have different swimming patterns in the café, according to older-style tags. This data will help us program the smart tag to trigger a video camera only while sharks are in the café—and presumably making moves at potential prey or eligible singles.

Hey there—come here often?

As we discover more and more about these toothy transients through our conservation and science programs, we keep finding more examples of just how great white sharks are! 

And if you want to learn more about white sharks on your trip to the Aquarium, stop on by our “Project White Shark” auditorium program!

Not just an OK white shark. A great white shark.

[sharkhugger]

Fascinating!  That cafe must have really great coffee XD

and FINger sandwiches… 

[thewriterkb]

(Curiosity)

[aquazazz]

Just a reminder, folks.

[sharkmatters]

What are you thankful for this season?

[todropscience]

Dark ghost shark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae) and the pale ghost shark (Hydrolagus bemisi), both are shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand in depths from 30 to 850 m.

Both ghost shark species are taken almost exclusively as a bycatch of other target trawl fisheries

video: Te Papa Research

[matchboxvingt-deactivated202310]

Please stop putting cameras in the ocean I just don’t wanna know

[kochebicub-deactivated20210604]

no no no don’t listen to them keep doing it please

[aquazazz]

Awesome.

[passionate-sharks]

[missmarinebio]

How to Become a Marine Biologist - Best Advice http://missmarinebio.tumblr.com/bestadvice