Sharks are magnificent predators that have been on the planet for more than 400 million years.
Apparently the unconscious people behind this latest madness have regressed almost 40 years in time, rather than recognizing the importance of these magnificent predators, celebrating their existence on the landscape and protecting their wellbeing.
They are really a magnificent, interesting predator — highly efficient," Steven Ferguson, a researcher with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, told the CBC.
In Italy, prosecutors suspect the mafia is involved in the trade in illegally caught Atlantic bluefin tuna: magnificent, half-tonne predators fished in the Mediterranean since Roman times.
Samuel Ottewill-Soulsby, 14, Digby, Lincolnshire A Darkling Plain showcases exactly the same qualities that made Mortal Engines and Predator's God so magnificent.
I advocate for greater understanding and awareness for all sea creatures, and hope to inspire people to see that sharks, despite being one of the world's most effective predators, are also intelligent, and magnificent animals worthy of protection... Who are the real dangerous predators in this equation?" Photo credit: Shawn Heinrichs.
In The Magnificent Seven, in 1960, Wallace was Calvera, another grisly predator, the Mexican villain who with his gang of banditos is menacing the villagers who have hired the seven to protect them.
But when Mayor Oscar Goodman of Las Vegas recently talked about building "magnificent brothels" to stimulate tourism and tax revenue ("City as Predator," by Bob Herbert, column, Sept. 4), he crossed that line, and then some.
