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. InspectorCacheIt227 got into Shark Week about 4 years ago and we regularly record about 60 hours worth of shows each year on our DVR. 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 41.CDB, W121 07.FEA

Dwarf Lanternshark

The dwarf lanternshark (Etmpterus perryi) is a little-known species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae and possibly the smallest shark in the world. It is known to be present only on the upper continental slopes off Columbia and Venezuela. This species can be identified by its small size at maturity, long flattened head and pattern of black ventral markings and a mid-dorsal line. Like other members of its genus, it is capable of producing light from a distinctive array of photophores.

A. What year were the first specimens of the dwarf lanternshark collected?

B. What is the maximum known length of a lanternshark (first digit, inches)?

C. What year was the dwarf lanternshark first classified? +1

D. What is the maximum length of a dwarf lanternshark pup (first digit, cm)?

E. What percent of the dwarf lanternsharks body is its head (first digit, percent)? -1

F. The dwarf lanternshark was named, scientifically, after what famed shark biologist?

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