FACTUAL CHOICE.WORLD'S DEADLIEST SEA CREATURES (Sky One, 9.00pm) WITH the news that a Great White Shark great white shark or white shark Large, aggressive shark (Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae), considered the species most dangerous to humans. It is found in tropical and temperate regions of all oceans and is noted for its voracious appetite. is roaming the shores of Cornwall looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a tasty human snack, our fears about the sea have come back to haunt us. Perhaps it is Jaws that keeps us from dipping our toes into the crystal waters around the globe. But there are plenty of other hazardous beasts of the deep as this one-off programme shows. There's the blue-ringed octopus The blue-ringed octopuses (genus Hapalochlaena) are three or four small octopus species that live in tide pools in the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Australia. They are currently recognized as one of the world's most venomous animals. , the piranha, the black torpedo ray and the Portuguese man-of-war Portuguese man-of-war: see jellyfish; polyp and medusa. Portuguese man-of-war Any of various floating, warm-water marine cnidarians (genus Physalia, class Hydrozoa) found worldwide but mostly in the Gulf Stream and the Indian and Pacific oceans. . |
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