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[jawsomesharks]

Why You Should Care About Sharks: The Average Guide For The Landlocked American

pic from this website (along with some very useful information!) 

Well, to being with, sharks are ridiculously cute. I mean, look at them! They’re not called sea puppies for nothing. 

On a serious note, sharks are incredibly important animals, and are credited with being some of the most integral parts of maintaining a healthy ocean ecosystem. 

Think of sharks as Libras. Requiring and creating perfect balance, sharks are often indicators of healthy coral reefs, as they are apex predators. Remove them from the equation and everything gets thrown off balance. The population of their prey booms since they don’t have a natural predator anymore. With this booming population of one specific species, their next- in- line prey populations get severely depleted and could cause whole fishing industries to collapse. Not to mention the highly detrimental effect this ecological cascade would have on the oceans health. Other climate threats would have greater, more dangerous impacts on us as the health of the ocean would be horribly compromised. 

Sharks are doctors! Kind of. In an ‘eating their patient’ sort of way. Sharks usually prey upon slower, infected fish that are weaker ones in the school, which naturally stops these pathogens from infecting other fish, while simultaneously strengthening the health of the school and ensuring that younger fish have stronger offspring. 

Long story short, certain shark species are pretty instrumental in providing us with oxygen. Certain shark species, like Tiger sharks, help maintain an ecological balance in seagrass beds, which release up to 10 liters of oxygen per 1 square mile of seagrass ( Gould, 2018).  I’ve seen degraded seagrass beds firsthand, primarily because of unethical construction practices. Barren, silty, devoid of sharks and any marine life- damaged seagrass beds are incredibly unhealthy ecosystems and cause many problems for both fish and humans. 

In my next post, I’m going to talk about some lesser known ways that sharks are threatened, as well as what we can do about it. 

In the meantime, stay Jawsome!

[jannis-world-connection]

#LoveSharks #SharksareImportant #SharksLivesMatter 💜🦈#Repost from @amazingsharks_ with @ming.app . This White Shark is up and at it this Sunday morning!! 🦈 How do you guys like to spend your Sunday’s?!💙💙 - Photo by @mornehardenberg #sharks #sharksarebeautiful #sharksareamazing #savethesharks #freediving #freedivingphotography #underwaterphotography #greatwhiteshark #believe #imagine #photography #instagrams #happylife #beach #ocean #whiteshark #greatwhite #beachphotography #oceanbreeze #vacation #love #instagood #photooftheday #beautiful #picoftheday #instadaily #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz5xryNBOw9/?igshid=1l4z762fl6krj

[oneoceandiving]

Sharks have an incredible ability to heal themselves of injuries that would take a human weeks or months (Abernethy, 2011). One of the most prominent cases was a Gansbaai shark named Prop. Prop who was nearly split in half by a boat propeller, was entirely healed just 9 months later. (Wcisel, 2014). Scientists now believe that shark immunity genes may be the answer to cancer prevention and the rapid healing of wounds (Baker,2017). This is just an additional reason to promote the conservation of sharks who are unfairly being slaughtered by fisheries for shark fin soup. Post by : @juliacornell #Repost @sharkguardian_mel ・・・ Petition link in my bio! 🦈🌊 Although shark finning is no longer active in the US the shark fin trade is stronger than ever. Help us stop it once and for all. Sharks are one step away from extinction and in 2048 we will be facing the devastating impact of the disappearance of sharks as apex predators in our oceans but if we unite in this cause and fight today, we can turn the tide! Be a voice for sharks and help make a difference. ✴ Sign the petition link in my bio! ✴ Photo: blue sphere foundation #sharks #shark #apexpredators #foodchain #keepbalance #ecosystems #oxygen #ocean #conservation #helpsavesharks #protectwhatyoulove #sharkfinsoup #finbannow #finfree #racingextinction #sharksareimportant #200sharks (at Haleiwa, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvAkinjhGEW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mblqbf7ftbvv

[beca-mitchell]

@sharksareimportant replied to your post “Aubrey Posen's Guide to Using Social Media Effectively”

This was amazing omg

thank you so much!! 😍

[jannis-world-connection]

#LoveSharks #SharksareImportant #SharksLivesMatter https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz5xe-uhjSD/?igshid=b4lr6c3045l8

[oneoceandiving]

We have amazing news! The bill to ban the purposeful killing sharks and rays has passed the ocean, marine resources, & Hawaiian affairs committee with no opposition!! We are now waiting to be scheduled for a hearing in the judiciary committee! You can stay up to date on all things to do with SB 2079 at captiol.hawaii.gov and search “SB 2079” 😊💙🤙🏽 mahalo to all those that came out to support!! __________________________ #Repost @oceanramsey ・・・ Come speak up for sharks!!! 9:45am today! Hawaii State Capitol Building. Room 312. #HawaiiSharkBill #SaveHawaiiSharks #SaveSharks #helpsavesharks #forourfuture #bethechange #getinvolved #makeadifference #makeanimpact #speakupforanimals #speakupforthosewithoutavoice #sharksinhawaii #sharksareimportant #sharks #swimmingwithsharks #hawaiian #hawaii #manō #aumakua #hawaiifishing ART BY AMAZING JAWSOME @oneoceanconservation leader @kennaaloha #Artist #oneoceanglobal #oneoceanconservation #teamoneocean

[awrightimg]

Swimming along the cage. @sharkservation @saveoursharks @saveourseasfoundation #beauty #wildlife #photography #abovesea #ocean #saveoursharks #teamwhiteshark #black&white #water #wildlifephotography #sharkweek #toppredator #ilovesharks #nature #survivaloffittest #conservation #sharksareimportant #necessary #wonder #perceptionchanges #travel #noscuba #cage #mosselbaai #southafrica