Giovanna fasanelli biography of barack

In this article, marine biologist, Giovanna Fasanelli, expresses her fascination with sharks and her concern for their future.

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Spellbound by Sharks

Sharks were the first marine animal I fell in love with as a young girl.

I would look up at the television and watch one natural history documentary after another, transfixed by the beauty of the underwater world. I remember being so impressed by the silent grace with which the sharks would swim, their nearly imperceptible movements propelling them effortlessly through their steely blue kingdom.

I was simply spellbound by their streamlined, powerful bodies, their confidence, their unquestioned role as apex predators carving out order and balance in the sea.

When I learned they had been swimming the oceans for over 400 million years, 200 million years longer than the dinosaurs, my aw