This is my list of things to get done now:
Reef Sharks - ^ (The box is going to be most of the info on reef sharks)
Krill Eaters - ^
Man Eaters - ~
Small Sharks - x
Shark Skeletons - x
2001: Summer of the Sharks - ~
Shark Produsts - ~
Odd Places for Sharks - ^
Sharks of New England - ~
~=done, x=not even started, ^=started.
The models I still need to do are the same. And the pictures are going to be done EASILY! In fact I'll probably do the pictures today, after my dance classes or something. The models I will finish tomorrow.
My Presentation is tomorrow, will I be ready? Who knows. I'm going to have a small "survey" for people to tell me what they thought about my presentation, that way I'll know for my end of the year Presentation what to do again, and what not to do. I'll finish up the pages I've started, and all my pictures tonight, and tomorrow I will only have two pages, and my models to finish. Tomorrow's the big night, wish me luck!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
2001: The Summer of the Sharks
The summer of 2001 has been named "The Summer of the Sharks", but nobody knows why! There were no more attacks than in other years, some even say there were less! But the news was crawling with sharks, and shark attacks in 2001. I am only mentioning the most well known attacks.
The first attack of the summer was on July 6th.
Jesse Arbogast was 8-years-old when swimming with his Uncle near Pensacola, Florida. Jesse's arm was grabbed by a 200 pound, 7' Bull shark. His arm was severed. Jesse's Uncle grabbed the shark, and dragged in onto the beach. Help was called.
A park ranger came. He ended up shooting, and killing the shark. After the shark was dead, he reached in, and pulled out Jesse's arm. Jesse was brought to the hospital, where his arm was reattached.
Today Jesse is happily living with his parents, though he suffers from brain damage, and inability to control his limbs because of the attack.
The second Shark attack was in the Bahamas, shortly after Jesse's misfortune.
Krishna Thompson and his wife AveMaria were at the Bahamas for their anniversary. Krishna decides to go to the beach as soon as possible, but his wife remembers all the news about sharks, and decides to just go to the hotel pool instead. Krishna goes into the water, knowing how unlikely it is that he'll get attacked. A few minutes later he was in the jaws of a bull shark.
The bull shark nearly severed his leg, and Krishna knew the only way he was going to have a chance of surviving was to get to the beach. Swimming with only his arms, Krishna reached the beach. A few people ran up to him, and asked if he was a guest at the hotel. On Shark Week he says he wrote his room number in the sand.
When the hotel staff got the news they rushed to find AveMaria. On Shark Week she says she thought it was going to be something in continuation of their nice anniversary weekend. When she got to the beach she saw him lying in the sand, almost dead. He survived his ordeal with the bull shark also, but he does not suffer from any brain damage, though has had to go through lots of surgery to save his leg.
Later on September 1st a boy died after being attacked on Virginia Beach..
David Peltier, 10-years-old, was attack while surfing with his Dad, and two brothers. The Shark grabbed David by his leg, severing the femoral artery. David's father punched the shark several times before the shark let go, and swam away. David's father got him to the beach and called for help. David was brought to a children's hospital, where he later died.
Just two days after David was attacked, and killed, a man, and his fiance were attacked on September 3rd.
Natalia Slobodskaya, and Sergei Zaloukaev, were swimming together in Virginia, close to where David was attacked. Natalia felt something bump her, and at first thought it was some of her friends, trying to scare her. It bit her a few times, and Sergei told her that it was a shark, and told her to swim fast.
They started to swim back to shore together, the whole time the shark was attacking. Natalia lost a foot, but Sergei had it much, much worse. A few days after the attack Natalia was told by her mother that Sergei had not survived the ordeal.
Natalia, and Sergei were going to be leaving the USA within days to go back to Moscow, where they lived.
A few days after Natalia learned that Sergei had died the Summer of the Sharks was ended with a bang, with the 9/11 terrorist attack.
This is my "2001 - Summer of the Sharks" page :)
The first attack of the summer was on July 6th.
Jesse Arbogast was 8-years-old when swimming with his Uncle near Pensacola, Florida. Jesse's arm was grabbed by a 200 pound, 7' Bull shark. His arm was severed. Jesse's Uncle grabbed the shark, and dragged in onto the beach. Help was called.
A park ranger came. He ended up shooting, and killing the shark. After the shark was dead, he reached in, and pulled out Jesse's arm. Jesse was brought to the hospital, where his arm was reattached.
Today Jesse is happily living with his parents, though he suffers from brain damage, and inability to control his limbs because of the attack.
The second Shark attack was in the Bahamas, shortly after Jesse's misfortune.
Krishna Thompson and his wife AveMaria were at the Bahamas for their anniversary. Krishna decides to go to the beach as soon as possible, but his wife remembers all the news about sharks, and decides to just go to the hotel pool instead. Krishna goes into the water, knowing how unlikely it is that he'll get attacked. A few minutes later he was in the jaws of a bull shark.
The bull shark nearly severed his leg, and Krishna knew the only way he was going to have a chance of surviving was to get to the beach. Swimming with only his arms, Krishna reached the beach. A few people ran up to him, and asked if he was a guest at the hotel. On Shark Week he says he wrote his room number in the sand.
When the hotel staff got the news they rushed to find AveMaria. On Shark Week she says she thought it was going to be something in continuation of their nice anniversary weekend. When she got to the beach she saw him lying in the sand, almost dead. He survived his ordeal with the bull shark also, but he does not suffer from any brain damage, though has had to go through lots of surgery to save his leg.
Later on September 1st a boy died after being attacked on Virginia Beach..
David Peltier, 10-years-old, was attack while surfing with his Dad, and two brothers. The Shark grabbed David by his leg, severing the femoral artery. David's father punched the shark several times before the shark let go, and swam away. David's father got him to the beach and called for help. David was brought to a children's hospital, where he later died.
Just two days after David was attacked, and killed, a man, and his fiance were attacked on September 3rd.
Natalia Slobodskaya, and Sergei Zaloukaev, were swimming together in Virginia, close to where David was attacked. Natalia felt something bump her, and at first thought it was some of her friends, trying to scare her. It bit her a few times, and Sergei told her that it was a shark, and told her to swim fast.
They started to swim back to shore together, the whole time the shark was attacking. Natalia lost a foot, but Sergei had it much, much worse. A few days after the attack Natalia was told by her mother that Sergei had not survived the ordeal.
Natalia, and Sergei were going to be leaving the USA within days to go back to Moscow, where they lived.
A few days after Natalia learned that Sergei had died the Summer of the Sharks was ended with a bang, with the 9/11 terrorist attack.
This is my "2001 - Summer of the Sharks" page :)
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Project Date
The project date is set for September 9th. (Which will be my official 2nd day of school!) It's this Friday!
For the next few days I'm going to be writing, typing, drawing, and reserching up a storm!! Luckily, I have every page, drawing, etc., planned out! I have a list of papers that I'm working on, ones that are done, and ones I haven't even started! Key: ^ = started, ~ = finished, and x = not started!
Reef Sharks - ^ (The box is going to be most of the info on reef sharks)
Krill Eaters - x
Man Eaters - ^
Small Sharks - x
Shark Teeth and Jaws - x
2001: Summer of the Sharks - ^
Shark Produsts - ~
Odd Places for Sharks - x
And I also used my last post as a page:
Sharks of New England - ~
As you can see I have a lot of things to do. Those are just pages! But each page only takes about a half hour, to an hour to write and research, so if I can I'm going to finish all of them tomorrow.
Then Thursday (if I get all my pages done tomorrow, but don't have any time to start pictures then) I'll do my pictures.
Great Whites
Goblin Sharks
Basking Sharks
Thresher Sharks
Hammerheads
Shark senses
Each of those sharks have something different in apparence from each other. I will also label the fins in each picture.
And those will take probably 10-15 minutes each picture. But I have dance of Thursday, so if I don't do those earlier, then I won't be able to do my models, too.
My clay models are already done. But I also have my shoe box reef, and my "booklet". My booklet is two pieces of cardboard taped together, and I'm putting small drawings on the "pages".
Friday I'll make sure everything is ready, and do any finishing touches. It'll be hard, but that's what I get for forgetting about it for so long.
For the next few days I'm going to be writing, typing, drawing, and reserching up a storm!! Luckily, I have every page, drawing, etc., planned out! I have a list of papers that I'm working on, ones that are done, and ones I haven't even started! Key: ^ = started, ~ = finished, and x = not started!
Reef Sharks - ^ (The box is going to be most of the info on reef sharks)
Krill Eaters - x
Man Eaters - ^
Small Sharks - x
Shark Teeth and Jaws - x
2001: Summer of the Sharks - ^
Shark Produsts - ~
Odd Places for Sharks - x
And I also used my last post as a page:
Sharks of New England - ~
As you can see I have a lot of things to do. Those are just pages! But each page only takes about a half hour, to an hour to write and research, so if I can I'm going to finish all of them tomorrow.
Then Thursday (if I get all my pages done tomorrow, but don't have any time to start pictures then) I'll do my pictures.
Great Whites
Goblin Sharks
Basking Sharks
Thresher Sharks
Hammerheads
Shark senses
Each of those sharks have something different in apparence from each other. I will also label the fins in each picture.
And those will take probably 10-15 minutes each picture. But I have dance of Thursday, so if I don't do those earlier, then I won't be able to do my models, too.
My clay models are already done. But I also have my shoe box reef, and my "booklet". My booklet is two pieces of cardboard taped together, and I'm putting small drawings on the "pages".
Friday I'll make sure everything is ready, and do any finishing touches. It'll be hard, but that's what I get for forgetting about it for so long.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
New England sharks
I'm going to do a series of posts about sharks in different places in the USA. My first state is one that I was always told was a place too cold for sharks. New England.
Several species of sharks that live in New England are:
Basking Sharks
Dogfish
Great Whites
Threshers
Blue Sharks
Makos
Porbeagle
Hammerhead (only one kind)
Tigers
Dusky Sharks
Basking sharks are the second largest type of sharks, but are harmless to humans! They are krill-eaters. They are more often spotted in the summertime in New England.
Dogfish are a small variety of sharks, that often get stuck in lobster traps. Dogfish may bite humans, but it will not be a serious injury.
Everybody knows that Great Whites have been known to attack humans. But do they attack in New England? Well in 1916 there was a well-known series of shark attacks, where the Great White swam up a river in New York, and attacked people swimming in the river. The last Great White I have heard of in New England was caught off the coast of Boston, it was a young male. Here is some good information about Great Whites, and attacks. Please notice that the most recent fatal attack was 1938.
I do not know very much about Thresher Sharks. I know that they very rarely attack humans. In fact I have never heard of a Thresher attack. They have very long tails, which is where they get their names, if I'm not mistaken.
Blue Sharks. A larger species of shark, yet still not as big as Great Whites, Bulls, Hammerheads, or Tigers. These sharks will swim into waist-deep water, and will - very, very, very, rarely - attack humans.
Makos, shortfins are common in New England, but are consider good eating. Male makos rarely reach over 500 lbs., but most females reach 1,000 lbs., or higher! Makos have been known to eat Blue sharks!
Porbeagles look a lot like shortfin Makos, and the two species are often confused. They live in New England all year long. Females can get around 200 lbs., heavier than the males.
Smooth Hammerheads live in New England. Some species of Hammerhead live in schools, including Smooth Hammerheads. Out of all Hammerhead species, Smooth Hammerheads are the most cold hardy, and can is found worldwide. They tend to like to stay in shallow water, in large groups.
Tiger sharks are identified by the stripes on their backs, and sides. Tigers are also known as the "Garbage cans of the Sea" because they will eat almost anything. Unfortunately, that includes humans. However, these sharks are popular in demand for their fins, skin, and livers. And with their slow reproduction rate they are listed as endangered species.
Dusky sharks have often been mistaken for Bull Sharks in New England. Bull Sharks do not live in New England, but Dusky Shark have a similar look. These Sharks also have a slow reproduction rate, and are not able to breed until they are about 18-23 years old! The females only have a litter once every 3, or more, years. They are also very valuable, and over fished for fins, skin, meat, and livers.
So these are Sharks of New England!
This is going to be on of the info sheets for my project.
Several species of sharks that live in New England are:
Basking Sharks
Dogfish
Great Whites
Threshers
Blue Sharks
Makos
Porbeagle
Hammerhead (only one kind)
Tigers
Dusky Sharks
Basking sharks are the second largest type of sharks, but are harmless to humans! They are krill-eaters. They are more often spotted in the summertime in New England.
Dogfish are a small variety of sharks, that often get stuck in lobster traps. Dogfish may bite humans, but it will not be a serious injury.
Everybody knows that Great Whites have been known to attack humans. But do they attack in New England? Well in 1916 there was a well-known series of shark attacks, where the Great White swam up a river in New York, and attacked people swimming in the river. The last Great White I have heard of in New England was caught off the coast of Boston, it was a young male. Here is some good information about Great Whites, and attacks. Please notice that the most recent fatal attack was 1938.
I do not know very much about Thresher Sharks. I know that they very rarely attack humans. In fact I have never heard of a Thresher attack. They have very long tails, which is where they get their names, if I'm not mistaken.
Blue Sharks. A larger species of shark, yet still not as big as Great Whites, Bulls, Hammerheads, or Tigers. These sharks will swim into waist-deep water, and will - very, very, very, rarely - attack humans.
Makos, shortfins are common in New England, but are consider good eating. Male makos rarely reach over 500 lbs., but most females reach 1,000 lbs., or higher! Makos have been known to eat Blue sharks!
Porbeagles look a lot like shortfin Makos, and the two species are often confused. They live in New England all year long. Females can get around 200 lbs., heavier than the males.
Smooth Hammerheads live in New England. Some species of Hammerhead live in schools, including Smooth Hammerheads. Out of all Hammerhead species, Smooth Hammerheads are the most cold hardy, and can is found worldwide. They tend to like to stay in shallow water, in large groups.
Tiger sharks are identified by the stripes on their backs, and sides. Tigers are also known as the "Garbage cans of the Sea" because they will eat almost anything. Unfortunately, that includes humans. However, these sharks are popular in demand for their fins, skin, and livers. And with their slow reproduction rate they are listed as endangered species.
Dusky sharks have often been mistaken for Bull Sharks in New England. Bull Sharks do not live in New England, but Dusky Shark have a similar look. These Sharks also have a slow reproduction rate, and are not able to breed until they are about 18-23 years old! The females only have a litter once every 3, or more, years. They are also very valuable, and over fished for fins, skin, meat, and livers.
So these are Sharks of New England!
This is going to be on of the info sheets for my project.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Project part 3 - Info sheets!
I have a presentation board that was being used for my Snakehead project, that a few of you may know about. (I never finished that project...)
I am going to have multipul sheets of paper about different species of sharks:
1. Reef Sharks: Blacktipped, Whitetipped, and more! (The shoe box is a shoebox reef, in case you forgot)
2. Harmless Sharks: Harmless to humans that is... They still have to eat.
3. "Man-Eaters": Do they really eat men? And do they eat women and children, too?
4. Small Sharks: And you thought sharks were big man-eaters!
5. Shark Teeth, and Jaws: The only bones they have.
6. 2001: Summer of the Sharks... For some unknown reason.
7. Shark products: I know. I didn't want to know about these either.
8. Odd places to find sharks: Washington state, Greenland, Canada, sharks are everywhere!
I'm also going to have handouts with a little bit of information from each sheet on them. But that's a whole other post :)
I am going to have multipul sheets of paper about different species of sharks:
1. Reef Sharks: Blacktipped, Whitetipped, and more! (The shoe box is a shoebox reef, in case you forgot)
2. Harmless Sharks: Harmless to humans that is... They still have to eat.
3. "Man-Eaters": Do they really eat men? And do they eat women and children, too?
4. Small Sharks: And you thought sharks were big man-eaters!
5. Shark Teeth, and Jaws: The only bones they have.
6. 2001: Summer of the Sharks... For some unknown reason.
7. Shark products: I know. I didn't want to know about these either.
8. Odd places to find sharks: Washington state, Greenland, Canada, sharks are everywhere!
I'm also going to have handouts with a little bit of information from each sheet on them. But that's a whole other post :)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Today:
Somebody asked me what I want to be when I grow up. Obviously I said "I want to be a Zoologist, or Marine Biologist. My favorite animal is sharks."
Then I explained the family sharks are in (Elasmobrach, a family of "cartilige fish" fish without actual bones, their skeletons are made out of cartilige instead of bones. The only bones in their bodies are their teeth!), and the family that Whales, and Dolphins are in (Cetacean, a family of aquatic mammals.), these are the animals I want to study.
Thayet, is doing well, she will swim up to your finger, and nudge it, or bite it if you stick in her tank. She also swam onto my hand a few times. I do not think that she is ready to breed, but then again I'm ready to breed them!
Then I explained the family sharks are in (Elasmobrach, a family of "cartilige fish" fish without actual bones, their skeletons are made out of cartilige instead of bones. The only bones in their bodies are their teeth!), and the family that Whales, and Dolphins are in (Cetacean, a family of aquatic mammals.), these are the animals I want to study.
Thayet, is doing well, she will swim up to your finger, and nudge it, or bite it if you stick in her tank. She also swam onto my hand a few times. I do not think that she is ready to breed, but then again I'm ready to breed them!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Shark Project Part 2: The Shoebox Reef
Part two is here!! I also put up a POLL for anybody interested, vote for the new URL! :)
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This is a reef I'm making out of cardboard. I'll be making more "Reef Squares" to add, but for now I only have one!
This is the top of my shoebox. It's going to be in my "shark museum" during my presentation!
This is the inside. As you can see, my cardboard reefs are not in place, the shoebox isn't completely blue yet, and there is only one shark. (It's a Blacktip Reef Shark in case you're wondering.)
I have made more progress on making the inside of the shoebox blue. Now instead of painting it I've been going at it with a blue marker. :)
Part 3 is going to be coming soon, that'll be "Info Sheets". But I may do a post on another "project", on my smaller "sharks" King Jonathan, and Queen Thayet Bubbles. :D My Bettas.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Project - Part one: Clay
I'm afraid I was much too busy to post anything yesterday. And for those who are readers, but not followers, I am going to be changing to URL. I think it's going to become juniorelasmo.blogspot.com, juniorzoologist.blogspot, or the thesharkkid.blogspot. Why don't I put up a poll? Comment with any other ideas!
This is the beginning of my project.
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This is a small model shark, one I did just for fun, and not the better one.
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This is my "sparkle shark"! My better model, with all it's fins, and such correctly placed, and spaced apart from each other.
This is the BEGINNING of my project! Later I'll will post "Project - Part two: The Shoebox". :)
This is the beginning of my project.
This is the BEGINNING of my project! Later I'll will post "Project - Part two: The Shoebox". :)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Now presenting: The SHARK ZONE!
I have decided to change Disaster Spot, again. Yes, AGAIN. Natural Disasters used to be my favorite thing in the world! (Well not quite, but I did spent a little too much time studying them. Now I like sharks better than disasters. I mean I've always, always, ALWAYS loved sharks, I just loved disasters more at that time, and when I made this blog!
Well now my thing is sharks. BIG sharks. Little sharks. Any size, any type, any color, any pattern, any level of aggression, and any prehistoric shark.
And other fish. But mostly sharks. This blog is now going to be "The Shark Zone", but I'm also going to information about other fish. Such as: I got a female Betta as a birthday present this year, I got a male last year. So at some point in time I am going to breed them, when? I don't know. But I'll post pictures, and videos, and updates, and all that good stuff :p
Tomorrow I will post the beginnings of a shark project I'm working on. When I'm finished it's gonna be HUGE. I am going to be giving a presentation on Shark for my family, and friend sometime at the start of the school year! (I know it sounds kind of backwards...)
Well now my thing is sharks. BIG sharks. Little sharks. Any size, any type, any color, any pattern, any level of aggression, and any prehistoric shark.
And other fish. But mostly sharks. This blog is now going to be "The Shark Zone", but I'm also going to information about other fish. Such as: I got a female Betta as a birthday present this year, I got a male last year. So at some point in time I am going to breed them, when? I don't know. But I'll post pictures, and videos, and updates, and all that good stuff :p
Tomorrow I will post the beginnings of a shark project I'm working on. When I'm finished it's gonna be HUGE. I am going to be giving a presentation on Shark for my family, and friend sometime at the start of the school year! (I know it sounds kind of backwards...)
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The end of the World *Part 1*
Apparently the world was supposed to end last Saturday. Some people were saying it was going to be Zombies (:D), most said natural disasters. Disasters did hit in some places.
So now I have a question:
So now I have a question:
If you could choose how the world
was going to end, how would
it happen? And when?
My answer is: It would an outbreak of a illness that nobody has ever seen before.
The illness will turn certain people into zombies. The rest of the people would have to find out how to destroy this illness, because it's contagious, even if it means finding, and killing, the infected people.
The Disease can only be transferred by the bite, or scratch, of a zombie. You can (obviously) only kill a zombie by destroying it's brain. You must do that without getting bitten, or scratched.
It will happen within the next 10 years. Good luck.
I will be looking foward to reading what you say! And remember you can't say you don't want the world to end. If the world as we know it HAS TO END, and you get to choose how, how would you want it to end?
I'll put up a page about your choices later, so make sure I get a lot of disasterous endings to put on the page!
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