The catastrophic decline of the magnificent Ocean Whitetip - humanity makes me sick at times.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ma...ocean-species/

This video has been doing the rounds recently.

Personally I feel sorry for the Scalloped hammerhead as it was rendered virtually helpless by the fishing line, but the big Tiger was just doing what comes naturally - taking advantage of an unexpected opportunity for an easy meal.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...merhead-video/

And now for some good news:

Basking sharks have been appearing in "good numbers" around Coll and Tiree, a wildlife tour operator has said. Oban-based Basking Shark Scotland said the large fish have been drawn to the surface to feed on plankton in a period of calm and sunny weather.

I should add that basking sharks are harmless plankton-eating sharks.

Beautiful animals the baskers.

A few shark stories to keep this thread ticking over.

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans...er-shark-alive

http://globalnews.ca/news/2864720/gr...t-andrews-n-b/

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans...-hungry-sharks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iElXeV0cTzA

The magnificent Greenland shark turns out to be the oldest living vertebrate on earth (it was previously thought to reach 'only' around two hundred years or so), if a medium sized five-metre specimen lives for four centuries then how old must the very largest (seven to possibly eight metres) of these mighty predators actually be?

The mind just boggles.

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...to-400/495425/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...il-theyre-150/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...tes-180960101/

http://www.livescience.com/55736-gre...rtebrates.html

http://www.seeker.com/this-shark-liv...968629990.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...s-science-age/

http://www.loe.org/images/content/12...nlandshark.jpg

A few recent 'Sharklife' stories.

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans...in-the-pacific

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans...cage-accidents

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...nd-big-sharks/

http://www.apexpredators.com/system/...pg?14210762294