Ancient Shark Attack Preserved in Whale Bone
My article suggests that sharks and whales at one time were very aggressive towards each other. In South Carolina a whale rib was found, it offers a glimpse on the interaction between prehistoric sharks and whales about 3 to 4 million years ago. On the link below the article will show a picture of a whale rib, that was severely bitten by a shark. The rib is bitten in 3 places, only a strong jawed animal could do that. Experts measure 6 centimeters from each tooth mark and conclude that the whale was most likely bitten by a Megalodon or any other large shark 3 to 4 million years ago. The whale found in North Carolina seems to be an ancestor of the pacific blue humpback whale. Scientists figured out the whale survived the attack but died 6 weeks later from disease.
If this article could have had images of the giant whale or shark at the time it would have been easier and maybe more enjoyable. Also this article could of had more facts on the interactions between sharks and whales that would have been nice. I felt that the author kept going on and on about the certain whale that was bitten I believe he should of focused on the areas these interactions were taken place and maybe why the shark attacked the whale and maybe it was because the whale wondered near its territory. The author left many questions unanswered.
This article was very interesting it grasped me unlike the rest of the articles out there. I enjoyed how this article had many of the experts opinions and the experts ideas. This article shows us the inside relationship of prehistoric dinosaurs it only leads me to wonder what other interactions other sea creatures could have had.
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I think that Thomas did a good job on his article review of, “Ancient Shark Attack Preserved in Whale Bone.” I believe that Thomas did well summarizing the article so that he only presented the main points and facts necessary. I also think summarizing this article also in a simplified way so that it was easier to grasp and understand. For instance, Thomas compiled the overview of the article and his summary in the first topic sentence in a comprehendible way, and then was able to go into more detail about the attack of the shark on the whale. I really enjoyed this. Also, I liked how he pointed out in his analysis that maybe having more information on the interactions of sharks and whales at the time would have made this article more interesting because this made me ask myself questions that may not have come to my mind before.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I believe this article review was good, I think that there is room for improvement. When Thomas pointed out that a lot of his questions were unanswered, I believe the article review could have been more interesting if he attempted to look up his questions and then incorporated it in his review. I also think that if Thomas wrote in his review about the kinds of sharks and their background, on the ones that could have bitten the whale would have made the article more fascinating and would have caught the reader’s attention more.
Overall, I found that I learned a lot of new and interesting facts from this review. I could have never imagined that anytime in history, any kind of shark could attack and bite a whale so deeply that it would leave marks on the whale’s bones. It is just so hard to put your mind around the fact that a shark could attack a whale like that. It’s hard to picture now because even though sharks are very strong, compared to a whale, a shark appears to be much much smaller and so its hard to even think of a shark biting through all the whales fat, and making it to the bone.
I though that Thomas’s article was reviewed and summarized well. He stated the important facts and gave a reason for the reader to go back and look at the original post. I also enjoyed how he didn’t include unnecessary details about the article that would have made the review less interesting. Third and finally I thought it was good how he related the whale back to the whales we have now to give us a better picture.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I thought could have been improved about this article review was that there was no mention of who found the whale rib or what company or organization found it and took credit. A second thing I thought could have been improved on was Thomas said he put in a link back to the article, but there was actually no link.
One thing that actually caught my eye about this article review is that Thomas put in that scientists actually calculated how long after the bite and why the whale did die. I think this is a very interesting piece of information and gives the reader more to think about during that era.
I think Thomas did a good job summarizing this article. I think Thomas did a good job stating the facts and including all the necessary main points of the article. He also did a good job presenting the facts and main points in a clear and concise way so that the review was very easy to understand. I liked how he had a strong beginning sentence that really laid a foundation for what the article was about.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I think Thomas did do a good job on his review, there are some aspects that I think he cold have improved on. It would have been helpful and more interesting if Thomas told the reader more about the sharks and whales and some of their characteristics. Also, although Thomas did a good job stating all the facts I think he should have gone into more detail in some areas to enhance his review. For example, talking about the disease the whale died from.
There are many parts of this article that I found to be very interesting. However, the one thing that really amazes me is how advanced science is today. Its so cool how they were able to figure out so much about this bone even though it is millions of years old. Overall I think Thomas did a good job reviewing this article.
I believe that Thomas did a good job summing up the key points in this article. The article itself was very interesting, and he did a good job putting in the details of the story, especially comments and details about the actual bone that the experts found and the counter theories and ideas to reason what have could have caused the bite marks in the bone. Another interesting point of the article is that the bone itself was found in South Carolina, and it was nice to relate and know exactly where the bone was found; to have that connection to the article itself.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this was the authors fault but the article didn’t seem to have a true, concise opinion or view on what the actual bite mark was, nor had any quotes from researchers or paleontologist to suggest what might have. Also, some background on the prehistoric creature would have been nice so that people reading the article could fully understand the topic.
The one thing that Thomas did extremely well on was adding the detail. The detail gives the reader imagery of what the article is about and he did a good job making sure that the reader was able to visualize the bone to really take in the point of the article.
I believe Thomas wrote a great article summary of “Ancient Shark Attack Preserved in Whale Bone”. This article was very interesting. Thomas did a good job of summarizing the article and he presented the important information very clearly. Thomas also did a wonderful job of forcing the reader to return to the article to learn as much as they possibly could. Thomas did this by incorporating details that required further investigation by the reader. Yet another thing Thomas did well in his summary was he included that the bone was found in South Carolina adding background information to give a further connection to the article.
ReplyDeleteThomas did a good job on summarizing this article, however I believe he could have improved this summary. I would have liked Thomas to share some of the descriptive details of the sharks and whales to allow the reader to picture each shark and whale. Another thing Thomas could have improved on was his lack of detail under some topics.
Throughout reading Thomas’s summary I learned many new interesting facts about the ancient shark attack that was preserved in a Whale’s bone. One fact I found the most intriguing was the fact that a shark could bite a whale, such a big animal, and leave a mark on its bones. This just proved to me how vicious sharks can be and how dangerous it would have been to be in a situation with that particular shark. I know sharks are dangerous but I always thought whales were a lot bigger and stronger and would be fatally harmed by a sharks bite.