Good morning.

Do you get excited for Shark Week? The annual event on Discovery, which has been running since 1988, is an opportunity to dive in and learn more about these often misunderstood creatures.

This year’s festivities are hosted by Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa, and feature a slate of new programming.

While this week’s newsletter is not part of the official programming, we do have some true shark lovers on the team here, so we’re compiling our own ode to elasmobranches.

Sink your teeth into some great shark related links below.

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30 Facts About Sharks

Did you know?

• There are more than 500 different species of sharks.

• Hammerhead sharks eat other sharks.

• Depending on the species, sharks have between 50 and 300 teeth.

… There are 27 more facts where those came from (at the link below):

James Glancy: My Life With Sharks

“They say kids love sharks and dinosaurs. Well even though I now consider myself a filmmaker and conservationist who focuses on investigating international wildlife crime and conflicts, one of my lifelong passions has been diving and swimming with sharks.

I’ve been into them since I was 13.

It all started when I was on holiday with my parents back in 1994. We were in Key West, in Florida, and we went out with Southpoint Divers. The day we went out, the water was rough. Instructors said it was too rough for a kid. I told them, if the fat guy on the boat with us can do it, so can I. So I did. There were bull sharks in the water. It was scary and exciting, and it got me hooked. When I got home, I bought two shark books and learned every shark fact there was at the time. Later, after I finished a 10-year career with the Royal Marines, I got back into shark diving and started pitching documentaries.”

Read more from Outdoors.com Expert and conservationist James Glancy on living his life with sharks.

The Most Extreme Shark Species

There’s a lot to love about sharks. They’re fascinating fish with extra-special senses, but not all sharks are alike. In fact, there are more than 500 species of sharks, ranging from smaller than the size of a human hand to as long as a house.

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