The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

In case you've been living in a man whole, it is shark week! Discovery channel has been doing shark week since 1987. The same year I was born, coincidence? I think not!

Finally for once other people can live and breathe sharks like I do, it makes me feel like a normal person again. I am in love with sharks, especially the great white.


So in dedication to this amazing week, here are some pictures of these beautiful creatures.













Shark Facts:

• The average shark lives 25 years
• No great white shark has lived in captivity longer than 11 days. Although once in 1981 a shark survived for 16 days before being released.
• More than 70% of known victims of a great white shark attack survive because the shark realizes it has made a mistake and doesn't finish off the prey.
• In the Mediterranean Sea there have been 31 confirmed attacks against humans in the last two centuries
• They can get up to 20 ft and weight up to 5,000lbs
• Sharks can smell one drop of blood in a million drops of water
• The chance of being killed by a shark is one in 300 million. The chance of being killed by airplane parts falling from the sky is one in 10 million
• In one year, a single Great White consumes about 11 tons of food

How awesome is all of that? I love learning more and more about them. I even cuddle with a human size stuffed great white shark named Rex. Oh yeah, I'm that cool.

Remember kids...