Sorry…and some GREAT news!

Sorry I’ve beensomewhat MIA lately, I’ve been sick with bronchitis and…I’ve been working on my actual website!  This one was just more of a test run to see if what I write would garner enough views to make it worth my time to do an entire website.  Well…it has so I decided to move forward with it.

Meanjeanster.com readers, please come and check me out at www.sweetchicstyle.com!!  It’s a similar look and basically the same idea as far as content goes.  I hope to see you there and I look forward to writing more blogs!

thanks,

Jean

Saving Sharks…

For the majority of my life I’ve been obsessed with sharks. I saw the movie Jaws at a young age maybe when I was 5 when a babysitter was watching me. Though I know now in retrospect that I was too young to have watched such a movie, it nevertheless made a huge impact on my life.

I would incessantly talk about sharks, especially the Great White [Carcharodon Carcharias]. I’ve read literally every single book I could find at Barnes and Noble and Borders about sharks. When I was in intermediate school I was fortunate enough to meet two people who filmed documentaries about sharks for National Geographic. They’re also hailed as shark “experts” who really enlightened me and expanded my fear and obsession of sharks and turned it into an awareness and passion for the animal.

Ron and Valerie Taylor are two amazing people who have been diving with sharks for years and they gave me a video of a great white shark documentary. Since then I’ve been educating myself about sharks and the cruel truths about people who poach and fin them for profit.

In the last 10 years, information and knowledge about sharks has grown exponentially. There are tons more shark videos and scientists out there observing and helping sharks. Perhaps my favorite is the videos of Great Whites leaping from the water off of the South African Coast. Despite the videos and educating people of the beauty of sharks and their importance on the world’s environment and even human survival, the poaching of sharks has kept growing.

Below I have videos and more pics of sharks, their slaughter, and how to educate ourselves and help save them.  There are also links to other sites so make sure you read more!