I take no responsibility for accidental infringement of copyright, I have tried to make sure no copyright material here, were given to me by others.
If you want to use any of these pictures for school projects, people don't get pissed off if you quote references of whose they are. If you want to use anything commercially then some stuff here is only here as its non profit making and people don't earn money off their work. If you do want some of photos for commercial stuff contact me and I can give permission on the work listed here as copyright to me.
These have been made more US friendly by thumbnailing, simply click on the image you fancy. Some images may be in the wrong orientation, I will be getting around to this, but just use whatever graphics programme you have. These photos work great on our uni's Sun +5s if you are seeing them not quite as good apologies, use a graphicas program to sharpen, dither and enhance them. Enjoy.
1 - Fossilised Shark 2 - Shark Family 3 - Egg Case 4 - Ampullae of lorenzini 5 - Threat behaviour 6 - Mating 7 - Shark bitten through a surfboard.
If anyone else has any good shark photos please could they mail them to me, either by snailmail, (email for address) or by email, I will put them on and acknowledge them.
So far these are the acknowledgements I have been able to work out from some of these pictures which seem to be quite famous as they crop up often :
(1)?(2)?(3)?(4)?(5)?(6)?(7)?(8)?(9)?(10)Marty Snyderman(11)Marty Snyderman(12)Ron & Valerie Taylor(13)Marty Snyderman(14)Ron & Valerie Taylor(15)?(16)Ian G. Jones (me) based on pic by Ron & Valerie Taylor(17)Amos Nachoum(18)Jack Jackson(19)Jack Jacks on(20)Monica Falcone(21)Jeremy Stafford Deitsch(22)?(23)Jim Breakell(24)(25) Whitetip - Donated by ?? from Shark-l Newsgroup, Blacktip by ?? from Shark-l Newsgroup Photos - 17 to 23 Reprinted from Dive International Magazine, with kind permission. Dive International (UK Magazine) can be contacted via email on : 100735.374@compuserve.com N.b. Anything (C)Ian Jones (Me)- You are welcome to use in projects legally etc., so long as you credit it and are not making money off it. 24 Printed with kind permission of - 25 Printed with kind permission of - 26 drawing of blue shark by Ian Jones (C) 27 Caribean Reef Shark taken in May 96 by Ian Jones - Bimini, Bahamas on Shark Tagging trip with Dr. Samuel Gruber. 28 Caribean Reef shark - (C)Ian Jones May 96 29 Angler's Mail - British Record Blue Shark - Sorry bout dead photo 30 Baby Lemon Shark in pen after having been tagged in Bimini, Bahamas, (C)Ian Jones 1996. 31 Baby lemon Shark - (C) Ian Jones 1996 - Though caged they are suffering no harm and are exploring their surroundings. Once caught they were tagged, walked around then put in the compound in the lagoon for a few days till all the babies in a specific area had been caught. They were then fed daily and released at the end with a PIT tag. 32 Specimen Porbeagle (Lamna Nasus) caught off the Isle of Wight - Angler's Mail 33 (C)Ian Jones 96 - Friend (Anke Otto) with a large Remora (Remora sp.) in Bimini. Though not a shark they often hitch a lift on sharks. We were wondering where this large guy's div buddy was. 34 Tope - Shown in Angler's Mail Nurse Shark - Ian Geraint Jones (C)1996 - Taken in Ft. Lauderdale. N.b. these were scanned in from B&W contact prints, hence the quality. When I get around to enlarging these I'll make a decent quality Scan. Lemon Shark - All (C) Ian Jones 1996 - Taken in Bimini. Sequence with the human shows Jean, a shark scientist from Switzerland taking a large juve. lemon (1m) after being released from the net, he is taking it out of a large cooler full of water in which it was transported from the net. The shark is walked around dipped in the water to revive it ready for tagging. It will be placed in a large pen in the lagoon for a few days to recover in safety, it is fed then released unharmed with a permanant tag embedded inside to measure the effect on shark populations. Bonnethead - All (C)Ian Jones 1996 - These show a bonnethead, a fairly rare treat, caught in one of our nets. Looks cruel but not particularly. Whereas a fisherman cares for his nets not the fish. We constantly walked the nets checking for fish, when one is caught they tie themselves up good and fast. If we can get them out quickly and back for tagging without damaging nets (often simple) we do if not, we slash the net rather than stress the shark, then spend 8 hours the next day in the hot sun (40 + C) mending them. In this sequence we see the shark caught up, the third shot shows the shark recovering as it is walked around in the water. Both of the above are original pictures of two contributors, unfortunately to save space on my patch I had to delete their mails with the attatchments, please email me again so I can credit your photos. - Ian