For those of you who aren’t sharkologists (new word created, thank you), it’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
Shark Week is a week-long series of feature television programs dedicated to sharks (duh), and it pretty much kicks ass. With shows like Deadly Waters, Sharkbite Summer, Great White Appetite and Shark After Dark, Shark Week will keep you out of ocean and glued to the couch.
UD Research Boat and shark
The University of Delaware has its own connection to Shark Week, in particular the R/V Hugh R. Sharp Research Vessel. Stationed at the UD Lewes Campus, the 146 boat patrols the east coast of the US. It also can accommodate up to 12 scientists on missions lasting up to 10 days, ranging from tracking coastal currents to studying shark behavior.
If Shark Week is any indicator, studying shark behavior is pointless. Sharks eat and kill things and that’s about it. Stay out of the water unless it’s a kiddie pool in your backyard, Blue Hens. You’ve been warned!
Shark Week [discovery.com/sharkweek]
R/V Hugh R. Sharp Research Vessel [ceoe.udel.edu]
UD Campus Buildings: Lewes Campus [udel.edu/maps]
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