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Òrdre | Carcharhiniformes Heterodontiformes |
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La làmia o lo verdon o lo peis-can (reg. peis-chan, peish-can) (superòrdre Selachimorpha) es lo nom d'un ensems de peisses dotats d'una esqueleta completament cartilaginosa e d'un còs streamlined. Pòdon alenar gràcias a entre cinc e sèt gill slits. Las làmias possedisson una pellicula de denticles dermals que protegís sa pèl dels aleps e dels parasits e que renfòrça son idrodinamicitat.[1] Tenon de dents remplaçablas. Son de predators fòrça mal coneguts, vist qu'atacan rarament los umans a mens que foguèssen intimidats.
Las làmias comprenon d'espècias que van de la làmia pigmèa de la talha de la man, Euprotomicrus bispinatus, una espècia de mar prigonda que sonque mesura 22 cm, a la làmia balena, Rhincodon typus, lo pèis lo mai gròs, que pòt aténher una longor d'aperaquí 12 mètres e que, coma las grandas balenas, manja pas que plancton through filter feeding. La làmia buòu, Carcharhinus leucas, es l'espècia mai coneguda e pòt nadar dins d'aiga salada o doça (se pòt trapar dins lo Lac Nicaragua, en America Centrala) e dins lo deltas.
[Modificar] Caracteristicas fisicas
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[Modificar] Esqueleta
L'esqueleta d'una làmia es completament diferenta de la dels peisses ossoses coma la merluça; es facha d'un cartilatge fòrça leugièr e flexible, e mai lo cartilatge de las làmias mai vièlhas pòsca èsser a còps calcificat, e doncas mai dur e mai regde. La maissa de la làmia es variabla e se pensa qu'a evolucionat a partir del primièr arc de brànquias. Es pas estacada al cran e a de depauses minerals suplementaris que li donan una fòrça mai granda.[2]
[Modificar] Respiracion
Coma los autres peisses, las làmias tiran d'oxigèn de l'aiga de mar quand passa over their gills. Some sharks have a modified slit called a spiracle located just behind the eye, which is used in respiration.[3] Due to their size and the nature of their metabolism, many sharks have a higher demand for oxygen than bony fishes and cannot rely on ambient water currents to provide an adequate supply of oxygenated water. If these sharks were to stop swimming, the water circulation would drop below the level necessary for respiration and the animal would suffocate. The process of ensuring an adequate flow of the gills by forward movement is known as ram ventilation. Some sharks, such as the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, can pump water over their gills as they rest.
Los procèsses de respiracion e de circulation comença quand la sang desoxigenada viatja cap al còp de la làmia two-chambered. Ailà la sang es pumped to the shark's gills via the ventral aorta artery where it branches off into afferent brachial artèrias. La reoxigenacion se fa dins the gills e la sang reoxigenada flows dins las artèrias efferent brachial, which come together to form the dorsal aorta. La sang flows from the dorsal aorta throughout the còs. La sang desoxigenada del còs puèi flows through the posterior cardinal venas e dintra the posterior cardinal sinuses. From there la sang dintra dins lo ventricul del còr e lo cicle se repetís. Aqueste tipe de respiracion es highly inefficient e se la làmia were to stop moving blood would not be able to move through the body due to the lack de fòrça de atrium del còr.Modèl:Fact
[Modificar] Buoyancy
A la diferéncia dels peisses bony, las làmias tenon pas gas-filled swim bladders, mas al contrari rely on a fetge large plen d'òli que conten de squalene. Aqueste fetge pòt constituir fins a 25% de sa massa corporala[4] for buoyancy. Its effectiveness es limitada e doncas las làmias fan servir dynamic lift per mantenir depth e sink tre que quitan de nadar. D'unas làmias, if inverted, enter a estat natural d'immobilitat tonica - los cercaires use this condition per tal de handling las làmias en seguretat.[5]
[Modificar] Osmoregulacion
In contrast als peisses, las làmias bevon pas d'aiga de mar; al contrari they retain de grandas concentracions de waste chemicals dins son còs per cambiar the diffusion gradient per tal de poder absorbir l'aiga dirèctament de la mar. This adaptation prevents most làmias from surviving in fresh water, and they are therefore confined to a una environa marina. Existisson qualques excepcions a aquesta règla, coma as the bull shark, qu'a desvolopat un biais de modificar sa foncion renala to excrete large amounts of urea.[4]
[Modificar] Las dents
Las dents de las làmias carnivòras son pas ligadas a la maissa, mas embedded dins la carn, e dins fòrça espècias son constantament remplaçadas long de la vida de la làmia; d'unas làmias arriban a pèrdre 30.000 dents dins sa vida. Totas las làmias an de rengs multiples de dents along the edges de sas maissas superiora e inferiora. De dents novèlas creissan de longa dins a groove just dins la boca and move forward from dins la boca on a "conveyor belt" formed by the skin in which they are anchored. In some làmias rows de dents son remplaçadas cada 8–10 jorns, mentre que dins d'autras espècias pòdon durar qualques mesadas. Las dents inferioras son emplegadas essencialament per agantar las prey, del temps que las dents superioras son a cutting into it.[3] Las dents range from thin, needle-like teeth for gripping peis to large, flat teeth adaptadas perr crushing shellfish.
[Modificar] Coas
Las coas (aletas caudalas) de las làmias varian considerablament en foncion de las espècias e son adaptadas a l'estil de vida de la làmia. La coa provides thrust e so velocitat e l'acceleracion dependon de la forma de la coa. Different formas de coas an evolved in sharks adapted a d'environas diferentas. The tiger shark's tail has a large upper lobe which delivers the maximum amount of power for slow cruising or sudden bursts of speed. The tiger shark a una dieta variada, e because of this it must be able to twist and turn in the water easily when hunting, whereas the porbeagle, which hunts schooling fishes coma as mackerel e herring has a large lower lobe to provide greater velocitat pr'amor de de l'ajudar a keep pace amb its fast-swimming prey. It is also believed que las làmias use the upper lobe de their coas to counter the lift generated by their pectoral fins. [6]
Some tail adaptations have purposes other than providing thrust. The cookiecutter shark has a tail with broad lower and upper lobes of similar shape which are luminescent and may help to lure prey towards the shark. The thresher feeds on fish and squid, which it is believed to herd, then stun with its powerful and elongated upper lobe.
[Modificar] Velocitat
En general, las làmias swim ("cruise") at an velocitat mejana de 8 km/h (5 mph), but when feeding or attacking, the average shark can reach speeds upwards of 19 km/h (12 mph). The shortfin mako may range upwards of 50 km/h (31 mph)[7] and is considered to be the fastest shark and one of the fastest fish. The great white shark is also capable of considerable bursts of speed. These exceptions may be due to the "warm-blooded", or homeothermic, nature of these sharks' physiology.
[Modificar] Dermal denticles
Modèl:Main Unlike bony fishes, sharks have a complex dermal corset made of flexible collagenous fibres and arranged as a helical network surrounding their body. This works as an outer skeleton, providing attachment for their swimming muscles and thus saving energy. Their dermal teeth give them hydrodynamic advantages as they reduce turbulence when swimming.
[Modificar] Body temperature
A few of the larger species, such as the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, and the great white, are mildly homeothermic[6] - able to maintain their body temperature above the surrounding water temperature. This is possible because of the presence of the rete mirabile, a counter current exchange mechanism that reduces the loss of body heat. Muscular contraction also generates a mild amount of body heat. However, this differs significantly from true homeothermy, as found in mammals and birds, in which heat is generated, maintained, and regulated by metabolic activity.
[Modificar] Etimologia
Until the 16th century,[8] sharks were known to mariners as "sea dogs".[9] According to the OED the name "shark" first came into use after Sir John Hawkins' sailors exhibited one in London in 1569 to refer to the large sharks of the Caribbean Sea, and later as a general term for all sharks. The name may have been derived from the Mayan word for fish, xoc, pronounced "shock" or "shawk".
[Modificar] Evolucion
The fossil record of sharks extends back over 450 million years - before land vertebrates existed and before many plants had colonised the continents.[10] The first sharks looked very different from modern sharks.[11] The majority of the modern sharks can be traced back to around 100 million years ago.[12]
Mostly only the fossilized teeth of sharks are found, although often in large numbers. In some cases pieces of the internal skeleton or even complete fossilized sharks have been discovered. Estimates suggest that over a span of a few years a shark may grow tens of thousands of teeth, which explains the abundance of fossils. As the teeth consist of mineral apatite (calcium phosphate), they are easily fossilized.
Instead of bones, sharks have cartilagenous skeletons, with a bonelike layer broken up into thousands of isolated apatite prisms. When a shark dies, the decomposing skeleton breaks up and the apatite prisms scatter. Complete shark skeletons are only preserved when rapid burial in bottom sediments occurs.
Among the most ancient and primitive sharks is Cladoselache, from about 370 million years ago,[11] which has been found within the Paleozoic strata of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. At this point in the Earth's history these rocks made up the soft sediment of the bottom of a large, shallow ocean, which stretched across much of North America. Cladoselache was only about 1 m long with stiff triangular fins and slender jaws.[11] Its teeth had several pointed cusps, which would have been worn down by use. From the number of teeth found in any one place it is most likely that Cladoselache did not replace its teeth as regularly as modern sharks. Its caudal fins had a similar shape to the pelagic makos and great white sharks. The discovery of whole fish found tail first in their stomachs suggest that they were fast swimmers with great agility.
From about 300 to 150 million years ago, most fossil sharks can be assigned to one of two groups. One of these, the xenacanths, was almost exclusive to freshwater environments.[13],[14] By the time this group became extinct (about 220 million years ago) they had achieved worldwide distribution. The other group, the hybodonts, appeared about 320 million years ago and was mostly found in the oceans, but also in freshwater.
Modern sharks began to appear about 100 million years ago.[12] Fossil mackerel shark teeth occurred in the Lower Cretaceous. The oldest white shark teeth date from 60 to 65 million years ago, around the time of the extinction of the dinosaurs. In early white shark evolution there are at least two lineages: one with coarsely serrated teeth that probably gave rise to the modern great white shark, and another with finely serrated teeth and a tendency to attain gigantic proportions. This group includes the extinct megalodon, Carcharodon megalodon, which like most extinct sharks is only known from its teeth. A reproduction of its jaws was based on some of the largest teeth which up to almost 17 cm (7 in) long and suggested a fish that could grow to a length of 25 to 30.5 m (80 to 100 ft). The reconstruction was found to be inaccurate, and estimates revised downwards to around 13 to 15.9 m (43 to 52 ft).
It is believed that the immense size of predatory sharks such as the great white may have arisen from the extinction of the dinosaurs and the diversification of mammals. It is known that at the same time these sharks were evolving some early mammalian groups evolved into aquatic forms. Certainly, wherever the teeth of large sharks have been found, there has also been an abundance of marine mammal bones, including seals, porpoises and whales. These bones frequently show signs of shark attack. There are theories that suggest that large sharks evolved to better take advantage of larger prey.
[Modificar] Classification
Sharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The Elasmobranchii also include rays and skates; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras. It is currently thought that the sharks form a polyphyletic group: in particular, some sharks are more closely related to rays than they are to some other sharks.
There are more than 360 described species of sharks.
There are eight orders of sharks, listed below in roughly their evolutionary relationship from more primitive to more modern species:
- Hexanchiformes: Examples from this group include the cow sharks, frilled shark and even a shark that looks on first inspection to be a marine snake.
- Squaliformes: This group includes the bramble sharks, dogfish and roughsharks, and prickly shark.
- Pristiophoriformes: These are the sawsharks, with an elongated, toothed snout that they use for slashing the fish that they eat.
- Squatiniformes: Also known as angel sharks, they are flattened sharks with a strong resemblance to stingrays and skates.
- Heterodontiformes: They are generally referred to as the bullhead or horn sharks.
- Orectolobiformes: They are commonly referred to as the carpet sharks, including zebra sharks, nurse sharks, wobbegongs and the whale shark.
- Carcharhiniformes: These are commonly referred to as the groundsharks, and some of the species include the blue, tiger, bull, reef and oceanic whitetip sharks (collectively called the requiem sharks) along with the houndsharks, catsharks and hammerhead sharks. They are distinguished by an elongated snout and a nictitating membrane which protects the eyes during an attack.
- Lamniformes: They are commonly known as the mackerel sharks. They include the goblin shark, basking shark, megamouth shark, the thresher sharks, shortfin and longfin mako sharks, and great white shark. They are distinguished by their large jaws and ovoviviparous reproduction. The Lamniformes include the extinct megalodon, Carcharodon megalodon.
[Modificar] Reproduction
The sex of a shark can be easily determined. The males have modified pelvic fins which have become a pair of claspers. The name is somewhat misleading as they are not used to hold on to the female, but fulfill the role of the mammalian penis.
Mating has rarely been observed in sharks. The smaller catsharks often mate with the male curling around the female. In less flexible species the two sharks swim parallel to each other while the male inserts a clasper into the female's oviduct. Females in many of the larger species have bite marks that appear to be a result of a male grasping them to maintain position during mating. The bite marks may also come from courtship behaviour: the male may bite the female to show his interest. In some species, females have evolved thicker skin to withstand these bites.
Sharks have a different reproductive strategy from most fish. Instead of producing huge numbers of eggs and fry (99.9% of which never reach sexual maturity in fishes which use this strategy), sharks normally produce around a dozen pups (blue sharks have been recorded as producing 135 and some species produce as few as two).[15] These pups are either protected by egg cases or born live. No shark species are known to provide post-natal parental protection for their young, but females have a hormone that is released into their blood during the pupping season that apparently keeps them from feeding on their youngModèl:Fact.
There are three ways in which shark pups are born:
- Oviparity - Some sharks lay eggs. In most of these species, the developing embryo is protected by an egg case with the consistency of leather. Sometimes these cases are corkscrewed into crevices for protection. The mermaid's purse, found washed-up on beaches, is an empty egg case. Oviparous sharks include the horn shark, catshark, Port Jackson shark, and swellshark.[16]
- Viviparity - These sharks maintain a placental link to the developing young, more analogous to mammalian gestation than that of other fishes. The young are born alive and fully functional. Hammerheads, the requiem sharks (such as the bull and tiger sharks), the basking shark and the smooth dogfish fall into this category. Dogfish have the longest known gestation period of any shark, at 18 to 24 months. Basking sharks and frilled sharks are likely to have even longer gestation periods, but accurate data is lacking.[15]
- Ovoviviparity - Most sharks utilize this method. The young are nourished by the yolk of their egg and by fluids secreted by glands in the walls of the oviduct. The eggs hatch within the oviduct, and the young continue to be nourished by the remnants of the yolk and the oviduct's fluids. As in viviparity, the young are born alive and fully functional. Some species practice oophagy, where the first embryos to hatch eat the remaining eggs in the oviduct. This practice is believed to be present in all lamniforme sharks, while the developing pups of the grey nurse shark take this a stage further and consume other developing embryos (intrauterine cannibalism). The survival strategy for the species that are ovoviviparous is that the young are able to grow to a comparatively larger size before being born. The whale shark is now considered to be in this category after long having been classified as oviparous. Whale shark eggs found are now thought to have been aborted. Most ovoviviparous sharks give birth in sheltered areas, including bays, river mouths and shallow reefs. They choose such areas because of the protection from predators (mainly other sharks) and the abundance of food.
[Modificar] Shark senses
[Modificar] Sense of smell
Sharks have keen olfactory senses, with some species able to detect as little as one part per million of blood in seawater. They are attracted to the chemicals found in the guts of many species, and as a result often linger near or in sewage outfalls. Some species, such as nurse sharks, have external barbels that greatly increase their ability to sense prey. The short duct between the anterior and posterior nasal openings are not fused as in bony fishes.
Sharks generally rely on their superior sense of smell to find prey, but at closer range they also use the lateral lines running along their sides to sense movement in the water, and also employ special sensory pores on their heads (Ampullae of Lorenzini) to detect electrical fields created by prey and the ambient electric fields of the ocean.
[Modificar] Sense of sight
Shark eyes are similar to the eyes of other vertebrates, including similar lenses, corneas and retinas, though their eyesight is well adapted to the marine environment with the help of a tissue called tapetum lucidum. This tissue is behind the retina and reflects light back to the retina, thereby increasing visibility in the dark waters. The effectiveness of the tissue varies, with some sharks having stronger nocturnal adaptations. Sharks have eyelids, but they do not blink because the surrounding water cleans their eyes. To protect their eyes some have nictitating membranes. This membrane covers the eyes during predation, and when the shark is being attacked. However, some species, including the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), do not have this membrane, but instead roll their eyes backwards to protect them when striking prey.
[Modificar] Sense of hearing
Sharks also have a sharp sense of hearing and can hear prey many miles away. A small opening on each side of their heads (not to be confused with the spiracle) leads directly into the inner ear through a thin channel. The lateral line shows a similar arrangement, as it is open to the environment via a series of openings called lateral line pores. This is a reminder of the common origin of these two vibration- and sound-detecting organs that are grouped together as the acoustico-lateralis system. In bony fishes and tetrapods the external opening into the inner ear has been lost.
[Modificar] Ampullae of Lorenzini
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The Ampullae of Lorenzini are the electroreceptor organs of the shark, and they vary in number from a couple of hundred to thousands in an individual. The shark has the greatest electricity sensitivity known in all animals. This sense is used to find prey hidden in sand by detecting the electric fields inadvertently produced by all fish. It is this sense that sometimes confuses a shark into attacking a boat: when the metal interacts with salt water, the electrochemical potentials generated by the rusting metal are similar to the weak fields of prey, or in some cases, much stronger than the prey's electrical fields: strong enough to attract sharks from miles away. The oceanic currents moving in the magnetic field of the Earth also generate electric fields that can be used by the sharks for orientation and navigation.
[Modificar] Lateral line
Modèl:Main This system is found in most fish, including sharks. It is used to detect motion or vibrations in the water. The shark uses this to detect the movements of other organisms, especially wounded fish. The shark can sense frequencies in the range of 25 to 50 Hz.[17]
[Modificar] Behaviour
Studies on the behaviour of sharks have only recently been taken, leading to little information on the subject, although this is changing. The classic view of the shark is of a solitary hunter, ranging the oceans in search of food; this is only true for a few species, with most living far more sedentary, benthic lives. Even solitary sharks meet for breeding or on rich hunting grounds, which may lead them to cover thousands of miles in a year.[18] Migration patterns in sharks may be even more complex than in birds, with many sharks covering entire ocean basins.
Some sharks can be highly social, remaining in large schools, sometimes up to over 100 individuals for scalloped hammerheads congregating around seamounts and islands e.g. in the Sea of Cortez.[4] Cross-species social hierarchies exist with oceanic whitetip sharks dominating silky sharks of comparable size when feeding.
When approached too closely some sharks will perform a threat display to warn off the prospective predators. This usually consists of exaggerated swimming movements, and can vary in intensity according to the level of threat.[19]
[Modificar] Shark intelligence
Despite the common myth that sharks are instinct-driven "eating machines", recent studies have indicated that many species possess powerful problem-solving skills, social complexity and curiosity. The brain-mass-to-body-mass ratios of sharks are similar to those of mammals and other higher vertebrate species.[20]
In 1987, near Smitswinkle Bay, South Africa, a group of up to seven great white sharks worked together to relocate the partially beached body of a dead whale to deeper waters to feed.[21]
Sharks have even been known to engage in playful activities (a trait also observed in cetaceans and primates). Porbeagle sharks have been seen repeatedly rolling in kelp and have even been observed chasing an individual trailing a piece behind them.[22]
[Modificar] Shark sleep
It is unclear how sharks sleep. Some sharks can lie on the bottom while actively pumping water over their gills, but their eyes remain open and actively follow divers. When a shark is resting, they do not use their nares, but rather their spiracles. If a shark tried to use their nares while resting on the ocean floor, they would be sucking up sand rather than water. Many scientists believe this is one of the reasons sharks have spiracles. The spiny dogfish's spinal cord, rather than its brain, coordinates swimming, so it is possible for a spiny dogfish to continue to swim while sleeping. It is also possible that a shark can sleep with only parts of its brain in a manner similar to dolphins.[23]
[Modificar] Shark attacks
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Contrary to popular belief, only a few sharks are dangerous to humans. Out of more than 360 species, only four have been involved in a significant number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, oceanic whitetip and bull sharks.[24] These sharks, being large, powerful predators, may sometimes attack and kill people, but all of these sharks have been filmed in open water, without the use of a protective cage.[25]
The perception of sharks as dangerous animals has been popularised by publicity given to a few isolated unprovoked attacks, such as the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916, and through popular fictional works about shark attacks, such as the Jaws film series. The author of Jaws, Peter Benchley, had in his later years attempted to dispel the image of sharks as man-eating monsters. In 2005, according to the International Shark Attack File, there were a total of 58 unprovoked attacks recorded worldwide, of which four were fatal.[26]
In 2005 the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) took an investigation on 105 shark attacks. Out of those 105, 58 of the attacks were unprovoked. [27]
[Modificar] Habitat
A December 10, 2006 report by the Census of Marine Life group reveals that 70% of the world's oceans are shark-free. They have discovered that although many sharks live up to depths as low as 1,500 m, they fail to colonize deeper, putting them more easily within reach of fisheries and thus endangered status. [28]
[Modificar] Las làmias en captivitat
Until recently only a few benthic species de làmias, coma hornsharks, leopard sharks e catsharks podián subreviure dins las aquaria conditions for up to a year or more. Aqueste facj faguèt nàisser la cresença que las làmias, as well as being de mal capturar e transportar, were difficult to care for. A better knowledge de las làmias has led to more species (including the large pelagic sharks) being able to be kept for far longer. At the same time, las tecnicas de transportacion se son melhoradas e now provide a way for the long distance movement de las làmias.[29]
Despite controlled feeding behaviour being considered critical for the health of the shark, very few studies on this topic have been carried out. Since food is the reward for appropriate behaviour, trainers must rely on control of feeding motivation.
[Modificar] Conservacion
The majority de fisheries de làmias de la planeta have little monitoring or management. With the rise de la demanda de produches a basas de làmia s'es producha una pression mai importanta sus fisheries.[30] Stocks decline and collapse because sharks are long-lived apex predators with comparatively small populations, which makes it difficult for them breed rapidly enough to maintain population levels. Major declines in shark stocks have been recorded in recent years - some species have been depleted by over 90% over the past 20-30 years with a population decline of 70% not being unusual.[31] Maites govèrns e l'ONU an reconegut lo besong for shark fisheries management, but due to the low economic value of shark fisheries, the small volumes of products produced and the poor imatge public de las làmias, little progress has been made.
Many other menaças per las làmias include habitat alteration, damage and loss from coastal desvolopaments, la pollucion e l'impacte de las fisheries on the seabed e prey species.
[Modificar] Shark fishery
Every year, an estimate states that 26 to 73 million (median value is at 38 million) sharks are killed by people in commercial and recreational fishing.[32] In the past, sharks were killed simply for the sport of landing a good fighting fish (such as the shortfin mako sharks). Shark skin is covered with dermal denticles, which are similar to tiny teeth, and was used for purposes similar to sandpaper. Other sharks are hunted for food (Atlantic thresher, shortfin mako and others), and some species for other products.[33]
Las làmias son a common seafood in many places del mond entièr, including Japon e Australia. In the Australian State of Victoria la làmia es lo peis mai emplegat dins lo fish and chips, in which fillets are battered e deep-fried or crumbed e grilled and served alongside chips. When served in fish and chip shops, se sona flake.
Sharks are often killed for shark fin soup: the finning process involves capture of a live shark, the removal of the fin with a hot metal blade, and the release of the live animal back into the water. Sharks are also killed for their meat. The meat of dogfishes, smoothhounds, catsharks, skates and rays is in high demand by European consumers.Modèl:Fact The situation in Canada and the United States is similar: the blue shark is sought as a sport fish while the porbeagle, mako and spiny dogfish are part of the commercial fishery.Modèl:Fact There have been cases where hundreds of de-finned sharks were swept up on local beaches without any way to convey themselves back into the sea.Modèl:Fact Conservationists have campaigned per de canvis serioses de las leis per far make finning illegal dins los Estats Units.
Shark cartilage has been advocated as effective contra lo cancèr e dins lo tractament de l'osteoartriti. Malgrat aquò, un ensag menat per la Clinica Mayo trobèt pas cap d'efièch en cò dels pacients advanced cancer.
Las làmias atenhon en general sa maturitat sexuala lentament e produce very few offspring se los comparam amb los autres peisses que son harvested. This has caused concern demest los biologistas regarding the increase in effort applied per caçar las làmias over time, e se considera que maitas espècias son en perilh d'extincion.
Qualques organizacions, coma lo Shark Trust, menan campanha per limitar la pesca de làmia.
[Modificar] Sharks in mythology
Sharks figure prominently in the Hawaiian mythology. There are stories of shark men who have shark jaws on their back. They could change form between shark and human at any time they desired. A common theme in the stories was that the shark men would warn beach-goers that sharks were in the waters. The beach-goers would laugh and ignore the warnings and go swimming, subsequently being eaten by the same shark man who warned them not to enter the water.
Hawaiian mythology also contained many shark gods. They believed that sharks were guardians of the sea, and called them Aumakua:[34]
- Kamohoali'i - The best known and revered of the shark gods, he was the older and favored brother of Pele,[35] and helped and journeyed with her to Hawaii. He was able to take on all human and fish forms. A summit cliff on the crater of Kilauea is considered to be one of his most sacred spots. At one point he had a he'iau (temple or shrine) dedicated to him on every piece of land that jutted into the ocean on the island of Moloka'i.
- Ka'ahupahau - This goddess was born human, with her defining characteristic being her red hair. She was later transformed into shark form and was believed to protect the people who lived on O'ahu from sharks. She was also believed to live near Pearl Harbor.
- Kaholia Kane - This was the shark god of the ali'i Kalaniopu'u and he was believed to live in a cave at Puhi, Kaua'i.
- Kane'ae - The shark goddess who transformed into a human in order to experience the joy of dancing.
- Kane'apua - Most commonly, he was the brother of Pele and Kamohoali'i. He was a trickster god who performed many heroic feats, including the calming of two legendary colliding hills that destroyed canoes trying to pass between.
- Kawelomahamahai'a - Another human, he was transformed into a shark.
- Keali'ikau 'o Ka'u - He was the cousin of Pele and son of Kua. He was called the protector of the Ka'u people. He had an affair with a human girl, who gave birth to a helpful green shark.
- Kua - This was the main shark god of the people of Ka'u, and believed to be their ancestor.
- Kuhaimoana - He was the brother of Pele and lived in the Ka'ula islet. He was said to be 30 fathoms (55 m) long and was the husband of Ka'ahupahau.
- Kauhuhu - He was a fierce king shark that lived in a cave in Kipahulu on the island of Maui. He sometimes moved to another cave on the windward side of island of Moloka'i.
- Kane-i-kokala - A kind shark god that saved shipwrecked people by taking them to shore. The people who worshipped him feared to eat, touch or cross the smoke of the kokala, son peis sacrat.
Dins d'autras culturas de l'Ocean Pacific, Dakuwanga èra un dieu làmia que was the eater de las armas perdudas.
[Modificar] Las cresenças a prepaus de las làmias
Dins la Grècia antica, èra enebit de manjar de carn de làmia als festivals women's.
Demest los mites populars se pensa que las làmias son immunizadas a las malautiás e al cancèr. Aquò es fals, existisson a l'encòp de malautiás e de parasits que pòdon afectar las làmias. The evidence that sharks are at least resistant to cancer e malautiá es mostly anecdotal e there have been few, if any, scientific o statistical estudis that have shown sharks to have heightened immunity to disease.[36]
[Modificar] See also
- Lista de làmias
[Modificar] Ligams extèrns
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- Shark Research Institute
- Adopt a Shark
- Shark Conservation
- Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group
- The International Shark Attack File
- Shark Trust Organization
- ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research
- ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library
- Photographs of sharks
- Sharks Photo gallery
- Sharkology
- Shark cartoons
- Updated list of all known shark species This is not an official list, just a probably more current list that most others.
- Bite-Back.com
- Global Shark Attack File
- The Ocean Conservancy: Sharks
- Shark Research Committee