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Jaw Dropping World of Sharks Lecture Series
March 27 @ 2:00 pm
This event occurs monthly,
on the second Saturday of May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Cost
Free
Additional Information
Contact: Susan Greitz
Email: susan.greitz@sos.njgov
Age recommendation: 10-12, 13 and up, 18 and up
Description
Dive in and delve into the world of sharks, from fossils to conservation efforts, in our new lecture series! Launching April 9 along with the opening of the new exhibition "Jaw Dropping World of Sharks", lectures will be held on the second Saturday of each month at 2:00 PM. Three of the talks will be in-person - April 9, July 9, and October 8; all will be live streamed on the Museum's Facebook page.
- April 9 - Life & Times of Megalodon
- May 14 - Shark Encounters & How to Avoid Them
- June 11 - Why Everything You Know About Shark Conservation is Wrong
- July 9 - 12 Days of Terror - 1916 Shark Attacks Along the Jersey Shore
- August 13 - NOAA Prohibitions on Coastal Sharks of New Jersey
- September 10 - Sharks & Recreation: Links Between Pop Culture & Shark Science
- October 8 - Demystifyng the Maneater & Jaws Mythos: White Shark Research off South Africa & Guadalupe Island
- November 12 - Megalodon: Evolution, Body Size & Extinction
- December 101 - Guitarfishes from Rocks of All Ages