Cousteau's Graet White Shark

Comments
1. The team returned to the dangerous reef to look for some sharks and they were more than happy to encounter the shark they named peaches.
2. Peaches was a fifteen foot adult great white shark.She hung around the boat for awhile the team even was able to tag her. It was very difficult because this shark's hide was so ruff that the tagging spear's glanced off of her but near the end of the day they finally got it.
3. After this success they got hit by a couple days of bad weather. After this though a small twelve foot great white came around she was dubbed Katie. after she was around the ship for awhile another female small great white came she was nine and a half feet long and was named Daisy. they were both tagged too.
4. The next day there were no sightings but they heared about sharks being sighted by the Neptune islands. They went there the next day and were greeted by a twelve foot long male white they named Wes. He did not stick around though and left shortly.
5. After about a week of no sightings they returned to the dangerous reef and within three hours there were three great whites around the ship. two were return visitors both Peaches and Katie had returned. the other white was nine and a half feet and she was called Rosy by the crew she was tagged.
Questions
1. Why are so many of the sharks female?
2. What are the inspirations for the names of the sharks?
3. Does the tagging spear hurt the sharks?
4. How do the sharks react to getting tagged?
Vocab.
1. Tagging. A piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something.
2. Repellent. Causing distaste or aversion.
3. Neptune. One of the plants in our solar system.
Lititure terms
1. Anthropomorphic. the sharks are given different personalities such as Rosy who was considered a very affectionate,
2. Irony. The first shark they find that stays around long enough had such hard skin they almost couldn't do it.
Final Comment
This book gives such a good outlook on sharks that is so much better than societies.