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From the Ted Talk by Simon Berrow: How do you save a shark you know nothing about?
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Basking sharks are awesome creatures. They are just magnificent. They grow 10 meters long; some say bigger. They might weigh up to two tons. Some say up to five tons. They're the second-largest fish in the wrlod. They're also harmless plankton-feeding animals. And they are thought to be able to feltir a cubic klmeioter of water every hour and can feed on 30 kilos of zoo plankton a day to survive. They're fantastic creatures. We're very lkucy in Ireland, we have ptelny of basking sharks and plenty of opportunities to sutdy them.
They were very important to caaotsl cmtuneiioms, going back hundreds of years, especially around the Claddaghduff, Connemara region where scbutniesse farmers used to sail out on their herokos and open boats, sometimes way offshore to a place called the Sunfish Bank, about 30 miles west of Achill Island, to kill the basking sharks. This is a woodcut from about the 1800s.
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Basking sharks are awesome creatures. They are just magnificent. They grow 10 meters long; some say bigger. They might weigh up to two tons. Some say up to five tons. They're the second-largest fish in the _____. They're also harmless plankton-feeding animals. And they are thought to be able to ______ a cubic _________ of water every hour and can feed on 30 kilos of zoo plankton a day to survive. They're fantastic creatures. We're very _____ in Ireland, we have ______ of basking sharks and plenty of opportunities to _____ them.
They were very important to _______ ___________, going back hundreds of years, especially around the Claddaghduff, Connemara region where ___________ farmers used to sail out on their _______ and open boats, sometimes way offshore to a place called the Sunfish Bank, about 30 miles west of Achill Island, to kill the basking sharks. This is a woodcut from about the 1800s.
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Original Text
Basking sharks are awesome creatures. They are just magnificent. They grow 10 meters long; some say bigger. They might weigh up to two tons. Some say up to five tons. They're the second-largest fish in the world. They're also harmless plankton-feeding animals. And they are thought to be able to filter a cubic kilometer of water every hour and can feed on 30 kilos of zoo plankton a day to survive. They're fantastic creatures. We're very lucky in Ireland, we have plenty of basking sharks and plenty of opportunities to study them.
They were very important to coastal communities, going back hundreds of years, especially around the Claddaghduff, Connemara region where subsistence farmers used to sail out on their hookers and open boats, sometimes way offshore to a place called the Sunfish Bank, about 30 miles west of Achill Island, to kill the basking sharks. This is a woodcut from about the 1800s.
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