Sharks

“Protected species ― not protected from morons.”
"I just scooped it up before another wave came in.”
More than a hundred million sharks are killed each year, primarily for their fins. Brian Skerry goes to extraordinary lengths to highlight their importance — and show us their beauty.
If so, it would make the Greenland shark the longest-lived vertebrate on the planet.
Good thing these giants just want some plankton.
Why is one of the ocean's most misunderstood animals dying at a rate of two to three per second? Go on a 360Âş deep-dive with HuffPost RYOT off the coast of Hawaii to swim with sharks.