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...college basketball, March is not the month of lions or lambs, but of sharks. For the ninth consecutive year, coach Jerry ("Tark the Shark") Tarkanian has led his University of Nevada at Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels squad into the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament. UNLV, which compiled a crushing 30-0 regular-season record, was the pretourney favorite to win its second-straight national championship...
...moved up to California State University, Long Beach, in 1968. His reputation as a winner, and coach of winners, steadily soared. He made the NCAA Final Four for the first time in 1977. He earned his nickname at UNLV, where visiting teams referred to the small arena as the "shark tank," where the Runnin' Rebels and the crowd chewed up opponents...
...NMFS, approximately 89% of the U.S. commercial catch is discarded. Part of the problem stems from the fact that hammerheads, blues and other large species prized for their fins command relatively low prices for their meat, while those with valuable meat have low-value fins. In addition, shark meat spoils so quickly that fin hunters would rather toss it overboard than be bothered with the necessary processing and refrigeration...
...other hand, sharks, which evolved before the dinosaurs some 350 million years ago, are of enormous scientific interest and play a vital role in ocean ecology. Ranging from the 0.1-m (6-in.) Caribbean dwarf dog shark to the 18-m (60-ft.) whale shark -- the world's biggest fish -- they boast keen intelligence and some of the sharpest senses in the ocean. Many of the 350 species are capable of hearing a wriggling fish up to a mile away, and most can smell the merest trace of blood in the ocean. The shark's eyes work like night-vision...
Humans have found many uses for the shark, aside from putting it on the dinner table. An extract of its cartilage can serve as a temporary skin for burn victims, and shark corneas have been transplanted into human eyes. Because sharks rarely develop tumors, their immune systems are being studied for anticancer agents. In addition, by preying on sick and injured fish, sharks "help keep the ocean healthy," says Manire. Some biologists believe the rise in stingrays off the Florida panhandle may be a by-product of the shark's decline. Thus an ocean without sharks might be a safer...