14: Spellbinding Shark Stories for a Saturday!

January 11, 2014 by kinfauns2 in Animal Welfare, Environment, Marine Conservation, Shark Behavior, Shark Conservation, Shark Finning and tagged ancient spoon-billed sharks, Australia shark cull, Leonardo DiCaprio, New Zealand shark fin ban | Leave a comment

I’m sorry that some of these are a day or two old, which I know is kind of a sin in this hyper immediate world in which we live, blah. blah. Anyway, here are some interesting stories you might enjoy:

1. An interesting perspective: Shark attack victims react to Australia’s shark cull.

2. File Under: A story I wish I had not read: Leo DiCaprio describes how his great white cage diving experience went rather, um…wrong.

3. Wanna learn about weird, ancient spoon-billed sharks? Sure you do!

4. New Zealand to ban shark finning!

Day 199 1/10/14: Peter Benchley’s Working Titles for JAWS

January 11, 2014 by kinfauns2 in Jaws, Pop Culture, Shark Trivia, white sharks, Writing and tagged Jaws the novel, JAWS: An Evening of Relentless Terror and Really Awkward Sex, Peter Benchley | 3 Comments

I am doing my homework, preparing for the February 22 benefit reading (JAWS: An Evening of Relentless Terror And Really Awkward Sex) and I stumbled on Peter Benchley’s early working titles for his novel. Think how different all of our lives would be if JAWS had been called:

The Grinning Fish

Letter on Mundus

Leviathan Rising

Throwback

The Coming

Horror

Haunt

The Fish

Phosphorescence

Looming

Clam Bay

Spectre