Also in the news recently: the Cornwall Wildlife Trust is asking for volunteers to help record sightings of basking sharks (photo) off Cornwall.
IT'S A BIG 'UN: the basking shark is the second largest fish in the world, after the whale shark.
DOESN'T EAT HUMANS: it's a filter feeder, which means it feeds only on plankton, so is usually harmless.
INTERESTING BUT SAD: sharks attack fewer than 100 people worldwide every year, but humans kill over 100 million sharks every year.  There's a big demand for shark fins, flesh and organs. As a result, large sharks are at risk of extinction.
[ Frank  |   1 August 2008 ]