Oceanogràfic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia participated for the fourth consecutive year in European Shark Week with special activities, guided tours the technical area and storytelling, among other proposals. The program also includes an outdoor activity, particularly in the metro Xativa, with an animation starring several characters who will inform the public about this initiative, as reported by the Government in a statement. European Shark Week, sponsored by the Shark Alliance, held in October aquariums across Europe in order to report on the significant decline in European shark populations and the main threats to them.
In order to raise awareness on this issue have been scheduled several special activities Oceanogràfic until 17 October. Every day will be visits to the technical area of \u200b\u200bOceans - 'Face to face with tiburones' - at 11 hours, 14 hours and 16 hours.
is a complete visit in groups of up to 15 people who know the technical facilities of sharks - kitchen, walkways, diving -. The price of the activity is four euros per person, which will be devoted entirely to the conservation and education project on sharks in Asia, supported by the NGO Project The Sharks.
New this year is an activity that moves to the center of the city and throughout the week until Saturday 16, there will be a performance at the Metro Xàtiva Oceanogràfic-themed images. Three characters will interact with the public to explain this awareness campaign.
again within Oceanogràfic at different points and aquariums, will be placed silhouettes of different shark species along with messages. Visitors can fill some tabs that relate silhouettes shark with the texts, so they may participate in a drawing activity 'Sleeping with sharks. "
bio-educational displays the Dolphinarium will be supplemented by special lectures and performance in the tank for the Mediterranean will be held at 13.00 a storyteller and the Red Sea Auditorium A video in which they explain facts, trivia and main threats on these animals, such as shark finning trade in fins, which involves the death of up to 73 million sharks a year.
Worldwide there are very few cases of shark attacks, of which only seven percent are fatal, probably because they confuse the person with their usual food - seals, turtles - however, everyone is taking more than one million tonnes of shark primarily to obtain their fins.
In fact, trade in shark fins and products has led many shark populations decline by up to 99 percent. The Mediterranean sea is the highest number of threatened shark species and 21 percent of the populations of shark and ray chimera of the world are in danger of extinction. Europa Press
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