Landlocked Mermaid

Today it is Dylan's 9th Birthday! So to celebrate, I decided to let him pick this month's Final Friday Top Five. He wanted to go for his Top Five... Photo from WildAid Sharks! Honestly, we are not surprised. So here are Dylan's top five sharks, with a couple of facts to go with them. 5. Mako Shark Photo from Discovery Why does Dylan like them? Because they are super fast and cool! The shortfin mako can reach speeds of at least 31 mph. Male and female mako sharks avoid each other until they are ready to reproduce, so that the females do not get harassed. 4. Great White Shark Photo from Oceana Why does Dylan like them? Because they are really big and have awesome, sharp teeth. Great whites are the largest predatory fish on the planet. They have 300 triangular teeth, which are all sharp and arranged in up to seven rows! This creates the conveyor belt effect when they lose a tooth, it just gets replaced by one behind. ...

For this video, I decided to do something a little bit different. I left my favourite shark experts a mission. My partner and I have an aquarium. It's a small affair with five fish and two shrimp inside. But my partner, being who he is, wants to make something a little more epic. So we are currently in the process of building an aquarium which will feature a land mass, a waterfall, a cave, some dinosaurs, and, of course, some sharks.  This is where the mission comes in. I want to know the sharks in my tank a little better. So their mission: Find out four facts about each shark and film their findings.  Here is what they got! I just want to point out, they researched and filmed everything. (And still did a better job than me, their sister with a media degree!) Do you know any facts about these four sharks? Share below!