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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Today is an important day. It is the 30th birthday of my
good friend, Steve, who you know as the editor of the Daily
Groaner.
I've gone to school with Steve, worked in the GopherCentral
office with him, and now he is married to one of my best
friends! He is a VIP in my life and deserves a very happy
birthday! Be sure to email him at steve@gophercentral.com
and send him some happy birthday wishes!
One fun fact about Steve is that his favorite movie is Jaws.
Hence, my inspiration for today's trivia on sharks!
Enjoy!
Melissa
Email Melissa: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some
potent power to make us think things we like to think."
HINT: (1865-1929), American painter and teacher, a leading
figure of the Ashcan School in art.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
Sharks are able to feel vibrations in the water using a
line of canals that go from its head to its tail. Called a
"lateral line", these canals are filled with water and
contain sensory cells with hairs growing out of them. These
hairs move when the water vibrates and alerts the shark to
potential prey.
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In some form, sharks have been around for about 400 million
years. Even before dinosaurs roamed the earth, sharks hunted
through the oceans. They're such good survivors that they've
had little need to evolve in the last 150 million years.
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Sharks have the most powerful jaws on the planet. Unlike
most animals' jaws, both the sharks' upper and lower jaws
move. A shark bites with it's lower jaw first and then its
upper. It tosses its head back and forth to tear loose a
piece of meat which it swallows whole.
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VIDEO CLIP
Whale Shark - Powerful & Playful
At 65 feet (20 meters), the whale shark is the largest fish
on Earth, yet is harmless to humans. Like its namesake the
blue whale, the whale shark is a filter feeder, straining
plankton out of the water.
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1703
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Each type of shark has a different shaped tooth depending
on their diet. A shark may grow and use over 20,000 teeth
in its lifetime! If one tooth is lost, another spins
forward from the rows and rows of backup teeth.
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A shark's skin is made of denticles instead of ordinary
fish scales. The denticles are constructed like hard,
sharp teeth and help to protect the shark from injury.
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Baby sharks are called pups. There are three ways that
sharks are born: eggs are laid, eggs hatch inside the
mother and then are born, or pup sharks grow inside the
mother. Sharks can have from 1 to 100 babies at a time,
depending on the type of shark.
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QUOTE: "Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some
potent power to make us think things we like to think."
ANSWER: Robert Henri.
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