Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Cousteau's Great White Shark

Comments
1. At the end of the fourth expedition Rocky West who was one of the divers on the expeditions went on another trip with the artist they had on the expedition with their own crew.
2. Team combined all of their information including the information Rocky obtained and found they sighted 74 sharks and tagged 40 to 45 of them.
3. They found that the Females and Males live separate to each other. The crew speculated it was because the females seek out warmer water to help with child birth.
4. As for their main goal they do speculate that because of how the sharks live if conditions keep up they will be in extreme danger.
5. Not all people are trying to kill these sharks even fishermen care because without them the fishing business would actually suffer. So before you think how evil and bad sharks are think of hoe they play an important role in society.
Questions
1. What motivated you to write this book?
2. What would happen if the great whites die out?
3. Are you excited about how many countries are considering protecting Great Whites?
4. Who inspired you to study sharks?
Vocab.
1. Pinniped. A seal like creature.
2. Complex. Complicated. Hard to understand.
3. Reluctant. Refusing to do or act.
Literature terms
1. Resolution. Sadly I have reached the end to a great book.
2. Irony. IN the book the crew chummed because they had a permit other wise it is illegal but greedy fishermen took the chance to get great whites even though the chumming was to help sharks it actually hurted them.
Final comment
I loved this book. I'd recommend it to anyone who is even curious about sharks.

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