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July 23, 2008
Shark Quiz
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So you know that the storied shark from the thriller movie Jaws was a white shark, but what else do you know about the fish at the apex of the ocean's food chain? Test your shark smarts.

1)  What does the white shark's zoological name, Carcharodon carcharias, mean?
 a) Sharp toothed
 b) Jagged toothed
 c) White death
 d) White pointer

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Sources: Ellis, Richard and McCosker, John E. 1991. Great White Shark. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press; Springer, Victor G. and Gould, Joy P. 1989. Sharks in Question. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press; Allen, Thomas B. 1999. The Shark Almanac. New York: The Lyons Press; Parker, Steve and Jane. 1999. The Encyclopedia of Sharks. Buffalo: Firefly Books.

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