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The 'Jaws of Life'
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If you don't know sharks you might call them the 'Jaws of Death'. But if you are familiar with the complexity of the biological balance in the ecosystem in the oceans of the world, you will know that those are indeed the 'Jaws of Life'. The aim of this website is to introduce these wonderful animals to you. Let me tell you why I call them the 'Jaws of Life'... |
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Species & Families
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Scientists classify fish into two main groups: Osteichthyes, and Chondrichthyes. Osteichthyes, or bony fish, are the vast majority of fish in the sea, they have a skeleton composed purely of bone. Chondrichthyes, on the other hand, including sharks, skates, and rays, have a skeleton that is made of cartilage... |
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Health
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SHARKS ARE DANGEROUS, BUT ONLY WHEN THEY ARE DEAD!
They belong either in the ocean or on the harzardous waste dump!
Isn't it ironic that shark fin soup, which is believed to be an aphrodisiac, can actually make people infertile because of the high methyl-mercury content? |
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February 6, 2012 |
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Jupp Kerckerinck is
available to talk to your
group about sharks.
For an interesting
addition to your school,
club or special event
Contact Me today. |
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If you would like to tell someone about SharkProtect.com, drop them a line right now. |
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In all likelihood Jupp (pronounced “Yupp”) Kerckerinck was the first in his family, dating back to 1264, to become hooked on sharks. One of eight children, he was born and raised in Rinkerode, Germany in 1939. After schooling in Germany, he spent one year in the United States studying as an exchange student and working on a farm in Minnesota. Following a tour in the German Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Jupp started his own advertising agency in Berlin and Duesseldorf. Following a brief stint as a racecar driver, he finally settled down in the United States in 1978, to raise a family.
For the next 20 years Jupp's focus was terrestrial. In 1978 he started Lucky Star Ranch, a 2,000-acre ranch in the Thousand Islands region of upstate New York. Lucky Star Ranch operated as the first commercial deer farm in North America. Growing up in the country, where hunting and fishing was a normal part of daily life, Jupp was a conservation-minded hunter for many years. However, he quickly lost interest in hunting when he began diving with sharks.
After his first cage dive off Isla Guadalupe, Mexico with great white sharks in 2003 Jupp became so intrigued by these wonderful creatures he decided to spend his time learning, educating and talking to people about sharks and their senseless slaughter all over the world. Sharks have fascinated him ever since he went on his first dive with those majestic animals. Jupp started SharkProtect.com, an informational website dedicated to educating people about sharks. Recently, Jupp was elected President of The Shark Research Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization that conducts research and promotes the conservation of sharks.
His home in Germany
As of today Jupp has been on more than 170 shark dives. He has dived with Caribbean reef sharks, blacktip sharks, nurse sharks, bull sharks, lemon sharks, hammerheads and his personal favorite: tiger sharks. One of his fondest memories is the privilege of diving (outside the cage) with great white sharks in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. To have several great white sharks swimming around him in the "deep blue" was truly the most amazing feeling, but most of all, not in the least bit frightening. |
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