Well one of my favourites was missed off the list – Triakis Semifasciata 🙂

The others in order I think are:

Negaprion Brevirostris = Lemon Shark
Carcharodon Carcharias = White Shark
Prionace Glauca = Blue Shark
Carcharhinus Falciformis = Silky Shark,
Carcharhinus Longimanus = White Tip Shark,
Isurus oxyrhinchus = Short Fin Mako
Galeocerdo Cuvieri = Tiger Shark

This has helped my nursing assignment as I can visualise members of the Multi Disciplinary Team as a type of shark! – Novel eh? 😀 Me I would have to be Galeocerdo Cuvieri as the honour of Carcharodon Carcharias goes to my Matron! (I do respect her!)

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She looks in great shape, so glad she appears to be doing so well. A credit to all of those involved in her care.

Well Daz it would be great to see the photos – please and thanks in advance! 🙂
Well I’d better do some nursing assignments instead of surfing this forum!!!

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Thanks for that Mark,

Had a great expereince whilst in North Carolina watching some shark fishing/tagging being done for research. I just think that they are amazing graceful creatures. 🙂

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The problem being? You couldn’t find a strong enough dog lead for when you take it walkies!? 😀 😀

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Sorry Hand 87_5,

Just don’t feel that we have enough relaible information yet to form an opinion. Maybe I was wrong to think that he was a ‘good Iraqi’ – I hadn’t heard that he was an insurgent. If he was then yeah maybe…and of course our thoughts are with the guys that have lost a buddy in those circumstances. Blimey – who do they trust? Again I’m not there, I don’t know all the info available to them so I will so no more on the subject.:)

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Bala sharks can and do grow to 14inches in length, so I think your tank was too small for them. We would really need to look at getting a 6ft tank if we were looking at getting bala sharks or red tail sharks. At the moment we don’t live in a place big enough for a tank that size but it is a dream of mine to own a large aquarium one day 🙂 I think they are so relaxing though but boy they annoy me when I’m trying to clean out their tank and they insist on resting on my hand, and no amount of shaking them shifts them! 😀 I view them as my very own comedy show, especially when they are fishing dancing! aka mating! 😮 😮 😀

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Well maybe when I qualify I can have a purpose built aquarium made, something like 14ft long so that I could keep interesting stuff like that.

Have you ever kept sharks like those? How big did the red tails get too?

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I always find the 2 minute silence very moving, and this year was no different from that aspect.

However reading books on the subject, talking to veterans and people that lived during those times, it is sometimes hard to really appreciate what it must have really been like, because they tell you ‘ oh that was how it was back then, you did what you had to’.

I often wonder whether we would have that same reserve as they did all those years ago, but then I remind myself that you cannot really compare the two as times are vastly different.

My thoughts and my gratitude are with those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, and for those that survived. My thoughts are also with those who fought and died in more recent conflicts, the image of the wooden cross for the Black watch soldiers brought a tear to my eye.

In conclusion, how can two mintues silence be enough to say Thank You? That’s why when given the opportunity I will always say Thank You to the people that I meet, and that I am lucky enough to work with.

I feel very emotional going into work for the late shift today as I wonder if the Remembrance Service on the TV was put on..I hope so…I’m glad though that today I can talk and say Thank You to 30 people who made their contribution to the Second World war in their individual ways.

My thoughts are with you..
Sincerely
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