#1: There is a lemon shark named Blondie that has bonded with a group of scuba divers. Every time they visited her, she swam up to them and allowed them to pet her!
#2: The author, Peter Benchley, who wrote the book that the movie Jaws is based on regretted writing the book. In fact, he spent the rest of his life advocating for oceanic conservation.
#3: A baby shark is called a pup.
#4: Sharks apparently like jazz music. Researchers at Macquarie University Fish Lab trained baby Port Jackson sharks to associate music with a food reward. Associate Professor Culum Brown of the Department of Biological Sciences where this study was conducted stated this: "It was obvious that the sharks knew that they had to do something when the classical music was played, but they couldn't figure out that they had to go to a different location," said researcher Culum Brown. "The task is harder than it sounds because the sharks had to learn that different locations were associated with a particular genre of music, which was then paired with a food reward. Perhaps with more training, they would have figured it out."
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Wholesome facts about misunderstood animals
Non-FictionI was motivated to make this because sharks get slandered far too much. (I don't own the cover image).
