Welcome to Shark Week!! Every year since 1988, the Discovery Channel has devoted a week each summer to sharks. What started as an attempt to educate the public that there was more to sharks than just what they saw in Jaws has since become a cultural phenomenon. Last year while watching Shark Week, EmmaBoo227 started to write the names of sharks on log sheets she created and stuck them in a handful of containers we had won at a raffle and the idea for a shark week series was born.
But where to hide a shark week series? In the ocean would be ideal, but not realistic. But we have a body of water nearby. And while the caches can’t really be hidden in the lake, we could make them all puzzles and hide the caches around the lake. So that’s what we did. We hope you enjoy learning a little about some sharks you have probably heard of and learning a little more about some sharks you have probably never heard of.
These hides are all placed around Folsom Lake. Care was taken to avoid poison oak as much as possible, but it is still out there. Also beware off all the other hazards of the lake including, but not limited to, ticks, snakes, other animals, heat and uneven footing.
Cache is located at N38 43.AEF, W121 05.DBC
Whitespotted Bamboo Shark
The whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) is a carpet shark with an adult size that approaches one metre in length. This small, mostly nocturnal species is harmless to humans. The whitespotted bamboo shark is occasionally kept as a pet in larger home aquaria.
Dorsal fins with convex posterior margins. Color pattern of white and dark spots, with dark bands and a brown body. The coloration is unique in this family making it very simple for identification. The teeth of bamboo sharks are not strongly differentiated. Each tooth has a medial cusp and weak labial root lobes with 26–35 teeth on the upper jaw and 21–32 teeth on the lower jaw. Bamboo Sharks commonly rest on the bottom of their habitat with their head and trunk propped up by resting on their bent and depressed pectoral fins. Whitespotted bamboo sharks have a very distinct dorsal fin that can alter or effect where they choose to live, as well as their mobility methods.
A. When was the whitespotted bamboo shark first classified?
B. How long can a whitespotted bamboo shark grow (inches)?
C. The Denver aquarium has been having annual births of albino whitespotted bamboo sharks since what year?
D. Whitespotted bamboo sharks should be kept in an aquarium at least how many gallons (middle digit)?
E. A captive whitespotted bamboo shark can be fed what live food (first word)?
F. How many inches long is a whitespotted bamboo shark at birth?
The aquarium at the Palladio has bamboo sharks if you want to see them. At the moment they also have some infant bamboo sharks and beautiful specimens of bamboo sharks in their egg sacs.
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