Shark Day

Sharks are over 400 million years old...so Auntie Sha Sha is really just a young pup and her birthday is but a small (although important:)  milestone in the long history of the shark.    

Sharks are speedy creatures and some can travel up to 69km per hour (pretty crazy, actually).  I think our Shark might need her skate skis to get close to that kind of time, but she still does well crossing Loch Okanagan. 

Sadly, Shark populations worldwide are at risk due to overfishing, finning, and by-catch.  Even British Sharks are suffering the wrath of human carelessness and evil.  In the 1940s, 35,000 Spiny Dogfish Sharks were caught off Plymouth each day.  This has declined to less than 20.  Sharks of the Auntie Sha Sha variety are even harder to come by, particularly in British seas.  If you spot one, please call me immediately.

Lastly, not all may realise that Sharks are trained in Haute Couture.  Please note El Squalo purse in the first pic.  To ask, "where is my Shark purse?", Savvy says "raaawwww" [the noise a Shark makes] and then gives a look of "?" [with hands out to side and open].

Happy Birthday Auntie Shark!