They"ve long been treated as threats, portrayed as villains, and brutally hunted for their edible fins, so we think it"s only fair that sharks get their own day. Shark Awareness Day is meant to highlight the importance of the most fearsome fish in nature, from little dwarf lantern sharks to great whites to these blacktip reef sharks cruising the Tahitian coast.
A different view of sharks
Today in History
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Is that a buzzing sound?
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National Bison Month
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A stroll above the stratosphere
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It’s Draw a Bird Day
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Mountains fit for a queen
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Canada s $20 view
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Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland
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International Day of the Tropics
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Shark Awareness Day
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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National Panda Day
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New Years Eve in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
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Through an artist s eyes
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Seville celebrates first world tour
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Jöriseen lakes in the Silvretta Alps, Switzerland
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Black bear cub emerging into spring
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Gentoo penguins in Antarctica
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Bournemouth beach huts
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Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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Beavers Bend
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Why you should thank a nurse today
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Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
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Black History Month
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The puffin-rabbit connection
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