Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 26, 2007

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The oceanic whitetip shark is a large pelagic shark of tropical and warm temperate seas. It is a stocky shark, most notable for its long, white-tipped rounded fins. This aggressive but slow-moving fish dominates feeding frenzies, and has attacked more humans than all other shark species combined — it is a notable danger to survivors of oceanic ship wrecks and downed aircraft. Recent studies have shown that its numbers are in steep decline — its large fins are highly valued as the chief ingredient of shark fin soup and, as with other shark species, the oceanic whitetip faces mounting pressure from fishing throughout its range. (more...)

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