Celebrate Shark Week!

Categories: Local Interest , Outdoors & Nature , Nonfiction , Fiction

The Discovery Channel is in the midst of their annual Shark Week celebration.  From July 29th-August 4th, Discovery is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Shark Week.  Tonight's episode, "Perfect Predators", airs at 9 pm.  The Newport Aquarium is also getting in on the fun with Shark Fest.  Receive free giveaways, pet sharks, and see sharks fed daily.  For those of you obsessed with shark attacks (and I know you're out there), check out the International Shark Attack File.  It might surprise some of you to learn that Florida, not Australia, leads the world in shark attacks.  Since 1990, Florida has seen 365 attacks, compared to Australia's 94.

If you're interested in learning more about sharks, the library has an extensive collection of both fiction and non-fiction.  Check out the novels Jaws and White Shark by Peter Benchley, as well as Meg and Meg:  Primal Waters by Steve Alten.  Non-fiction works include The Secret Life of Sharks, Shark, Sharks, and Shark Trouble (also by Peter Benchley).