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Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934).

Born in Helena, Montana, Loy was raised in rural Radersburg during her early childhood, before relocating to Los Angeles with her mother in her early adolescence. There, she began studying dance, and trained extensively throughout her high school education. She was discovered by production designer Natacha Rambova, who helped facilitate film auditions for her, and she began obtaining small roles in the late 1920s, mainly portraying vamps. Her role in The Thin Man helped elevate her reputation as a versatile actress, and she reprised the role of Nora Charles five more times.

Loy's career began to slow in the 1940s, and she appeared in only a few films in the 1950s, including a lead role in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), as well as supporting parts in The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) and the drama Lonelyhearts (1958). She appeared in only eight films between 1960 and 1981, after which she retired from acting.

Although Loy was never nominated for an Academy Award, in March 1991 she received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her life's work both onscreen and off, including serving as assistant to the director of military and naval welfare for the Red Cross during World War II, and a member-at-large of the U.S. Commission to UNESCO. Loy died in December 1993 in New York City, aged 88.

Loy was born Myrna Adele Williams on August 2, 1905, in Helena, Montana, the daughter of Adelle Mae ( Johnson) and rancher David Franklin Williams. Her parents had married in Helena in 1904, one year before Loy was born. She had one younger brother, David Frederick Williams (d. 1982). Loy's paternal grandfather, David Thomas Williams, was Welsh, and emigrated from Liverpool, England to the United States in 1856, arriving in Philadelphia. Unable to read or write in English, he later settled in the Montana Territory where he began a career as a rancher. Loy's maternal grandparents were Scottish and Swedish immigrants. During her childhood, her father worked as a banker, real estate developer, and farmland appraiser in Helena, and was the youngest man ever elected to serve in the Montana state legislature. Her mother had studied music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, and at one time considered a career as a concert performer, but instead devoted her time to raising Loy and her brother. Loy's mother was a lifelong Democrat, while her father was a staunch Republican. She was raised in the Methodist faith.

Loy spent her early life in Radersburg, Montana, a rural mining community approximately 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Helena. During the winter of 1912, Loy's mother nearly died from pneumonia, and her father sent his wife and daughter to La Jolla, California. Loy's mother saw great potential in Southern California, and during one of her husband's visits, she encouraged him to purchase real estate there. Among the properties he bought was land that he would later sell, at a considerable profit, to filmmaker Charlie Chaplin for his film studio there. Although her mother tried to persuade her husband to move to California permanently, he preferred ranch life and the three eventually returned to Montana. Soon afterward, Loy's mother needed a hysterectomy and insisted Los Angeles was a safer place to have it done, so she, Loy, and Loy's brother David moved to Ocean Park, where Loy began to take dancing lessons. After the family returned to Montana, Loy continued her dancing lessons, and at the age of 12, Myrna Williams made her stage debut performing a dance she had choreographed based on "The Blue Bird" from the Rose Dream operetta at Helena's Marlow Theater.

When Loy was 12, her father died during the 1918 flu pandemic in November of that year. Loy's mother permanently relocated the family to California, where they settled in Culver City, outside Los Angeles. Loy attended the exclusive Westlake School for Girls while continuing to study dance in downtown Los Angeles. When her teachers objected to her extracurricular participation in theatrical arts, her mother enrolled her in Venice High School, and at 15, she began appearing in local stage productions.

In 1921, Loy posed for Venice High School sculpture teacher Harry Fielding Winebrenner as "Inspiration"; the full length figure was central in his allegorical sculpture group Fountain of Education. Completed in 1922, the sculpture group was installed in front of the campus outdoor pool in May 1923 where it stood for decades. Loy's slender figure with her uplifted face and one arm extending skyward presented a "vision of purity, grace, youthful vigor, and aspiration" that was singled out in a Los Angeles Times story that included a photo of the "Inspiration" figure along with the model's name—the first time her name appeared in a newspaper. A few months later, Loy's "Inspiration" figure was temporarily removed from the sculpture group and transported aboard the battleship Nevada for a Memorial Day pageant in which "Miss Myrna Williams" participated. Fountain of Education can be seen in the opening scenes of the 1978 film Grease. After decades of exposure to the elements and vandalism, the original concrete statue was removed from display in 2002, and replaced in 2010 by a bronze duplicate paid for through an alumni-led fundraising campaign.

Loy left school at the age of 18 to begin to help with the family's finances. She obtained work at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, where she performed in what were called prologues, elaborate musical sequences that were related to and served as preliminary entertainment before the feature film. During this period, Loy saw Eleonora Duse in the play Thy Will Be Done, and the simple acting techniques she employed made such an impact on Loy that she tried to emulate them throughout her career.

While Loy was dancing in prologues at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, portrait photographer Henry Waxman took several pictures of her that were noticed by Rudolph Valentino when the actor went to Waxman's studio for a sitting. Valentino was looking for a leading lady for Cobra, the first independent project he and his wife Natacha Rambova were producing. Loy tested for the role, which went to Gertrude Olmstead instead, but soon after she was hired as an extra for Pretty Ladies (1925), in which she and fellow newcomer Joan Crawford were among a bevy of chorus girls dangling from an elaborate chandelier.

Rambova hired Loy for a small but showy role opposite Nita Naldi in What Price Beauty?, a film she was producing. Shot in May 1925, the film remained unreleased for three years; but stills of Loy in her exotic makeup and costume appeared in Motion Picture magazine and led to a contract with Warner Bros. There, her surname was changed from Williams to Loy.

Loy's silent film roles were mainly as a vamp or femme fatale, and she frequently portrayed characters of Asian or Eurasian background in films such as Across the Pacific (1926), A Girl in Every Port (1928), The Crimson City (1928), The Black Watch (1929), and The Desert Song (1929), which she later recalled "kind of solidified my exotic non-American image." In 1930 she appeared in The Great Divide. It took years for her to overcome this stereotype, and as late as 1932, she was cast as a villainous Eurasian in Thirteen Women (1932). She also played, opposite Boris Karloff, the depraved sadistic daughter of the title character in The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932).

In 1932, Loy began dating producer Arthur Hornblow Jr., when he was still married to his wife, Juliette Crosby. Prior to that, Loy appeared in small roles in The Jazz Singer and a number of early lavish Technicolor musicals, including The Show of Shows, The Bride of the Regiment, and Under a Texas Moon. As a result, she became associated with musical roles, and when they began to lose favor with the public, her career went into a slump. In 1934, Loy appeared in Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell. When gangster John Dillinger was shot to death after leaving a screening of the film at the Biograph Theater in Chicago, the film received widespread publicity, with some newspapers reporting that Loy had been Dillinger's favorite actress.

After appearing with Ramón Novarro in The Barbarian (1933), Loy was cast as Nora Charles in the 1934 film The Thin Man. Director W. S. Van Dyke chose Loy after he detected a wit and sense of humor that her previous films had not revealed. At a Hollywood party, he pushed her into a swimming pool to test her reaction, and felt that her aplomb in handling the situation was exactly what he envisioned for Nora. Louis B. Mayer at first refused to allow Loy to play the part because he felt she was a dramatic actress, but Van Dyke insisted. Mayer finally relented on the condition that filming be completed within three weeks, as Loy was committed to start filming Stamboul Quest. The Thin Man became one of the year's biggest hits, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Loy received excellent reviews and was acclaimed for her comedic skills. Her costar William Powell and she proved to be a popular screen couple and appeared in 14 films together, one of the most prolific pairings in Hollywood history. Loy later referred to The Thin Man as the film "that finally made me ... after more than 80 films."

Her successes in Manhattan Melodrama and The Thin Man marked a turning point in her career, and she was cast in more important pictures. Such films as Wife vs. Secretary (1936) with Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, and Petticoat Fever (1936) with Robert Montgomery gave her opportunity to develop comedic skills. She made four films in close succession with William Powell: Libeled Lady (1936), which also starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy; The Great Ziegfeld (1936), in which she played Billie Burke opposite Powell's Florenz Ziegfeld; the second Thin Man film, After the Thin Man (1936), with Powell and James Stewart; and the romantic comedy Double Wedding (1937). Loy married Arthur Hornblow in 1936 in-between filming the successive productions. She was later rumored to have had affairs with co-star Tracy between 1935 and 1936 while filming Whipsaw and Libeled Lady.

She also made three more films with Gable at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): Parnell (1937) was a historical drama and one of the most poorly received films of either Loy's or Gable's career, but their other pairings in Test Pilot and Too Hot to Handle (both 1938) were successes. While working for MGM, Loy was outspoken about the studio's casting hierarchy, especially based on race, and was quoted as saying: "Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a court house carrying a briefcase?"

During this period, Loy was one of Hollywood's busiest and highest-paid actresses, and in 1937 and 1938, she was listed in the annual "Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars," which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the United States for the stars who had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

By the late 1930s, Loy was highly regarded for her performances in romantic comedies, and she was anxious to demonstrate her dramatic ability. She was cast in the lead female role in The Rains Came (1939) opposite Tyrone Power. She filmed Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) with Melvyn Douglas and appeared in I Love You Again (1940), Love Crazy (1941), and Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), all with William Powell.

On June 1, 1942, Loy divorced husband Hornblow in Reno, citing "mental cruelty" as the impetus for separating.[46] Five days after the divorce, she married John D. Hertz, Jr. an advertising executive and founder of Hertz Rent A Car, at his sister's home in New York City.[46] They remained married for two years, eventually divorcing in Cuernavaca, Mexico, on August 21, 1944, with Loy again citing mental cruelty.

With the outbreak of World War II the same year, Loy all but abandoned her acting career to focus on the war effort and began devoting her time working with the Red Cross.[48] She was so fiercely outspoken against Adolf Hitler that her name appeared on his blacklist, resulting in her films being banned in Germany.[49] She also helped run a Naval Auxiliary canteen and toured frequently to raise funds for the war efforts. Around 1945, Loy began dating producer and screenwriter Gene Markey, who had previously been married to actresses Joan Bennett and Hedy Lamarr.[46] The two were married in a private ceremony on January 3, 1946, at the chapel on Terminal Island, while Markey was serving in the military.

She returned to films with The Thin Man Goes Home (1945). In 1946, she played the wife of returning serviceman Fredric March in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Loy was paired with Cary Grant in David O. Selznick's The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947). The film co-starred a teenaged Shirley Temple. Following its success, she appeared again with Grant in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948).

In 1950, Loy co-starred with Clifton Webb in Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), which was a box-office hit, grossing $4.4 million in the United States. The same year, she divorced Markey. Her fourth and final husband was Howland H. Sargeant, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and president of Radio Liberty, whom she married on June 2, 1951, in Fort Myer, Virginia. Sargeant, a Presbyterian, wanted the marriage officiated in the church, but they were unable to do so due to Loy's recent divorce.

Throughout the 1950s, Loy assumed an influential role as co-chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing. In 1948, she had become a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, the first Hollywood celebrity to do so. In 1952, she starred in the Cheaper by the Dozen sequel, Belles on Their Toes. In 1956, she appeared in The Ambassador's Daughter along with John Forsythe and Olivia de Havilland. She played opposite Montgomery Clift and Robert Ryan in Lonelyhearts (1958), Dore Schary's adaptation of Nathanael West's classic 1933 novel Miss Lonelyhearts. In 1960, she appeared in Midnight Lace and From the Terrace, but was not in another film until 1969 in The April Fools. In 1965, Loy won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Loy, a lifelong Democrat, publicly supported the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960.

After divorcing her fourth husband Sargeant in 1960, Loy relocated to 23 East 74th Street in Manhattan's Upper East Side. She later lived at 425 East 63rd Street. In 1967, she was cast in the television series The Virginian, appearing in an episode titled "Lady of the House". In 1972, she appeared as the suspect's mother-in-law in an episode of the television series Columbo titled "Etude in Black". In 1974, she had a supporting part in Airport 1975 playing Mrs. Devaney, a heavy-drinking woman imbibing Jim Beam and Olympia Beer mixed together; a foil to the character played by Sid Caesar. In 1975, Loy was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent two mastectomies to treat the disease. She kept her cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment from the public until the publication of her autobiography in 1987.

In 1978, she appeared in the film The End as the mother of the main character played by Burt Reynolds. Her last motion picture performance was in 1980 in Sidney Lumet's Just Tell Me What You Want. She also returned to the stage, making her Broadway debut in a short-lived 1973 revival of Clare Boothe Luce's The Women. She toured in a 1978 production of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking, directed by David Clayton.

In 1981, she appeared in the television drama Summer Solstice, which was Henry Fonda's last performance. Her last acting role was a guest spot on the sitcom Love, Sidney, in 1982.

Her autobiography, Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming, was published in 1987. The following year, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center. Although Loy was never nominated for an Academy Award for any single performance, after an extensive letter-writing campaign and years of lobbying by screenwriter and then-Writers Guild of America, West board member Michael Russnow, who enlisted the support of Loy's former screen colleagues and friends such as Roddy McDowall, Sidney Sheldon, Harold Russell, and many others, she received a 1991 Academy Honorary Award "for her career achievement". She accepted via camera from her New York City home, simply stating, "You've made me very happy. Thank you very much." It was her last public appearance in any medium.

Loy died at age 88 on December 14, 1993, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan during a surgery following a long, unspecified illness. She had been frail and in failing health, which had resulted in her being unable to attend the 1991 Academy Awards ceremony, where she was to receive a lifetime achievement Oscar. She was cremated in New York and her ashes interred at Forestvale Cemetery in her native Helena, Montana.

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Rare Hubbs’ beaked whale found washed ashore, deceased, at Point Reyes

Peter Fimrite - August 20, 2019

An extremely rare beaked whale was found washed up on a beach at Point Reyes National Seashore this week, prompting animated excitement among normally self-possessed marine scientists.

The dead 9-foot-long whale was found Monday morning on Drakes Beach by participants in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Beach Watch Program, which surveys beaches along the coast every two weeks.

“I’ve been doing this for 16 years now, so whenever you find something different like that it’s exciting,” said Dominique Richard, a retired mathematician, who with his survey partner, Gordon Bennett, found the animal just above the tide line. “It’s rare, and it was completely out of the blue. It was totally unexpected.”

The decomposing carcass had been scavenged a bit by sharks, so it wasn’t immediately clear what species it was. Richard and Bennett measured the whale, which they at first thought was a bottlenose dolphin, and took numerous photographs.

Biologists with the California Academy of Sciences and National Park Service scientists hauled away the entire carcass Tuesday and plan to conduct a necropsy, but they have tentatively identified it as a newborn Hubbs’ beaked whale.

Tissue samples were sent to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla (San Diego County) to confirm the species. That will take about a month.

“The best guess at this point, without having verified its species, though, is that it may have died from “maternal separation” — being orphaned,” said Mary Jane Schramm, spokeswoman for the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, based in San Francisco. “No other cause is suspected.”

Not much is known about the beaked whales except that they are the deepest diving whales. Of the 22 known species, the Cuvier’s, Hubbs’, Baird’s and Blainville’s beaked whales are known to visit Northern California.

The adult whales can measure 13 feet to 43 feet in length and weigh from 1 ton to 13 tons.

One of eight tagged Cuvier’s beaked whales in a 2013 study at the Channel Islands in Southern California was recorded diving to 9,874 feet and staying there for 2 hours and 17 minutes. It was the deepest dive by a whale ever recorded and so unexpected that scientists thought at first that the monitoring equipment had malfunctioned.

Marine biologists still haven’t figured out how beaked whales are able to dive to such depths, where the pressure would kill other mammals.

“They are very cryptic and hard to spot. ... We know so little about beaked whales” because “extremely deep diving animals are rarely seen,” Schramm said. “They are so little studied that scientists cannot comfortably put them into a category.”

One thing that is known is that they are extremely sensitive to noises, especially sonar. The most notable sightings of the whales have occurred during mass stranding events during Navy sonar tests in the Bahamas, Mediterranean and around the Canary Islands, she said.

It is believed that sonar prompts the whales to panic and surface rapidly, causing decompression. Postmortems of stranded beaked whales after sonar tests have found hemorrhaging near the ears.

Sonar is not believed to be the cause of death for the Point Reyes whale, Schramm said, because Naval sonar exercises are not done in the Bay Area.

Beaked whales are named for their beaks, which are similar to those on dolphins. They also lack the central notch on their tail flukes that other whales have. Females of the species have teeth, but they generally do not break through the gums.

Schramm said the beaked whale might never have been found if it weren’t for the beach watch program, which has surveyed 54 beaches, from Point Arena in Mendocino County to Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County for the past 25 years.

A Hubbs’ whale was found alive on Ocean Beach in 1989. It survived for several days before succumbing despite round-the-clock care, Schramm said.

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Ashlee Hayden Photography Portrait Studio; San Diego’s premier Maternity, Newborn and Youngster Photographer, is proud to provide boutique photography services to Coronado, La Jolla, Imperial Beach, Chula Vista, Del Mar, San Diego and surrounding Southern California Places.

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Loving This Life Photography had amazing time shooting this beautiful family. Shell Beach in La Jolla was perfect for a maternity shoot. #maternity #maternityphotography #sandiegomaternity #sandiegomaternityphotography #sandiegomaternityphotographer #sandiegophotography #photography #sandiegophotographer #photographer #chulavistaphotographer #chulavistamaternityphotographer #lovingthislifephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/Bup4zTbnUzL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n6ta37yg9f0z

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Maternity Photo Shoot in La Jolla | Andy + Amy

We went out to La Jolla for this amazing photo shoot with Andy and Amy! Andy surprised Amy with a photo shoot from us and we went out to the Cove and found some amazing spots to take photos right as the sun was going down!

We created some amazing images with the two of them and we cannot wait to meet their little one!

Check out some of the images that we were able to create with them.

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One of the most charismatic shark species is the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata, with its elongated body, flattened head, dual dorsal fins of nearly equal size, striking dark saddle-like spots against a sandy or silver background, and a stark white belly (Nosal et al., 2013; Tricas et al., 1997). These stunning features are why the leopard shark are one of the most commonly featured sharks in zoos and aquariums (Delius, 2015).

Flannery, A. (Photographer). (2017 June 12). Leopard Shark at CZS-Brookfield Zoo [Digital Image]. Original Content.

For their commonality in zoos and aquariums, these meso-predators are found in a surprisingly small region just off the Pacific Coast of the United States, reaching from Oregon to Northern Mexico (Hopkins & Cech Jr, 2003; Lewallen, Anderson, & Bohonak, 2007; Smith, 2001, 2007). Leopard shark tend to stay close to shore in the shallow bays and estuaries along the inter-tidal regions (Smith, 2001, 2007) where they actively use the rise and fall of the tides to navigate through their habitats, finding food, shelter, pupping grounds, and even each other when it is time to aggregate for reproduction (Ackerman, Kondratieff, Matern, & Cech, 2000; Carlisle & Starr, 2009, 2010).

Skipper, G. (Photographer). (2015 December 6). Leopard sharks! bolsa chica reserve [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/

Leopard sharks tend to aggregate together in social groups with individuals of similar size, age, and gender (Hight & Lowe, 2007). These social groups usually consist of juveniles, mature females of similar size, and mature males of similar size. However, what female leopard sharks are known to draw crowds each year between June and September in the warmer waters of Southern California and Northern Mexico when they aggregate in the shallows to pup (Jacoby, Croft, & Sims, 2012; Smith, 2007; Smith, 2001). Shallow embankments such as estuaries have been documented to serve as nurseries for several species of elasmobranchs (Carlisle & Starr, 2009) possibly because they provide abundant prey resources, nutrient rich waters, and low predation risks to the pups (Duncan & Holland, 2006; Knip, Heupel, & Simpfendorfer, 2010). If you ever get the chance to visit La Jolla, California in the summer months, take a snorkel just beyond the surf line. These sharks are timid so approach slowly. Trust me it is well worth it!

Rogeruzun (2016 September 16). Leopard Shark Invasion (4K UHD) [Video Clip]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/

Like other near shore elasmobranch species, leopard sharks are threatened by human activity (Knip et al., 2010). In a California study of wetland destruction over the past century, it has been estimated that nearly 91% of all estuarine habitat in California has been altered or all together destroyed by anthropogenic forces (Larson, 2001). With their limited habitat range and dependence on these estuary environments throughout their life history, leopard sharks are particularly vulnerable to the loss of these critical environments (Carlisle & Starr, 2009). Some studies suggest that the habitat erosion of the California coast line continues to be high due to agriculture, development, and pollution (Smith, 2001, 2007), and have a potentially damning effect on the populations of leopard sharks off the coast of California (Carlisle & Starr, 2009). Earlier this year, leopard sharks were found in mass strandings across California from January through May. Researchers are still looking into the exact cause, however it has been suggested that terrestrial run off from increased storm activity may have been the catalyst (Pelagic Shark Research Foundation, 2017).

Pelagic Shark Research Foundation (Photographer). (2017 May 15). Stranded leopard shark [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/

DNA sampling of leopard sharks in California waters have determined that genetic diversity is lower than previously anticipated because there appears to be seven distinct populations that are not interbreeding with the other populations (Lewallen et al., 2007). At present the IUCN has the leopard shark listed as “Least Concern” on the Red List of Threatened Species (Carlisle, Smith, Launer, & White, 2015). Although it has been suggested that due to their long gestation period, slow growth rates, limited genetic diversity, and delayed sexual maturity they should be declared “Vulnerable” (Smith, 2001, 2007).

ElkhornSlough.org (Author). (n.d.). Working up a leopard shark [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.elkhornslough.org/

Shark Stats

Family: Triakidae (houndsharks)

Length: 6.5 feet maximum (1.9 m)

Weight: 40 lbs (18.4 kg)

Habitat: Shallow coastal waters, bays, kelp beds, estuaries

Depth: Surface to 13 feet (4 m)

Reproduction: Ovoviviparous

Gestation: 10 to 12 months

Litter Range: 4 – 33 pups

Home Range: temperate water in the eastern Pacific, coastal U.S. from Oregon to Baja, Mexico, most commonly found along California

Diet: Prey includes bottom fishes and invertebrates

IUCN Status: Least Concern

(Skomal, 2016; Carlisle, Smith, Launer, & White, 2015)

I hope you enjoyed learning about one of my favorite shark species! I feel like I say that about every shark species, but these guys have been the focus of some of my early graduate work. They are also the first shark species I took my husband snorkeling with. (My mother-in-law was soooooo happy with me!) I absolutely love this species and I truly recommend to anyone that is in southern California in the summer months to try heading out to La Jolla for an afternoon. It is an unforgettable experience!

Flannery, A. (Photographer). (2016 June). Grad studies and leopard sharks [Digital Image]. Original Content.

If you haven’t checked out the previous Feature Species, the Great Hammerhead, be sure to check it out! Leave me a comment and let me know what species you’d like to learn more about! I’d love to hear your thoughts! Until next time finatics!

Featured Image Source

San Diego Zoo (Author). (2017 April). Leopard Shark [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://adminanimals.sandiegozoo.org/

Literature Cited

Ackerman, J. T., Kondratieff, M. C., Matern, S. A., & Cech, J. J. (2000). Tidal influence on spatial dynamics of leopard sharks, Triakis semifasciata, in Tomales Bay, California. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 58(1), 33–43.

Carlisle, A., Smith, S., Launer, A., & White, C. (2015). Triakis semifasciata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved June 24, 2016, from http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39363/0

Carlisle, & Starr. (2009). Habitat use, residency, and seasonal distribution of female leopard sharks Triakis semifasciata in Elkhorn Slough, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 380, 213–228.

Carlisle, & Starr. (2010). Tidal movements of female leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) in Elkhorn Slough, California. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 89(1), 31–45.

Delius, B. (2015). Triakis semifasciata. Retrieved July 10, 2016, from https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discover/species-profiles/triakis-semifasciata

Duncan, K. M., & Holland, K. N. (2006). Habitat use, growth rates and dispersal patterns of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in a nursery habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 312, 211–221.

Hight, B. V., & Lowe, C. G. (2007). Elevated body temperatures of adult female leopard sharks, Triakis semifasciata, while aggregating in shallow nearshore embayments: Evidence for behavioral thermoregulation? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 352(1), 114–128.

Hopkins, T. E., & Cech Jr, J. J. (2003). The influence of environmental variables on the distribution and abundance of three elasmobranchs in Tomales Bay, California. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 66(3), 279–291.

Jacoby, D. M. P., Croft, D. P., & Sims, D. W. (2012). Social behaviour in sharks and rays: Analysis, patterns and implications for conservation. Fish and Fisheries, 13(4), 399–417.

Knip, D. M., Heupel, M. R., & Simpfendorfer, C. A. (2010). Sharks in nearshore environments: models, importance, and consequences. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 402, 1–11.

Larson, E. J. (2001). Coastal wetlands-emergent marshes. California’s Living Marine Resources: A Status Report. California and California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California, 483–486.

Lewallen, E. A., Anderson, T. W., & Bohonak, A. J. (2007). Genetic structure of leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) populations in California waters. Marine Biology, 152(3), 599–609.

Nosal, A. P., Cartamil, D. C., Long, J. W., Lührmann, M., Wegner, N. C., & Graham, J. B. (2013). Demography and movement patterns of leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) aggregating near the head of a submarine canyon along the open coast of southern California, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 96(7), 865–878.

Pelagic Shark Research Foundation (2017). San Francisco Bay, Stranding Report Update for late May and June 1, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/Pelagic-Shark-Research-Foundation-167200017410/?ref=page_internal

Skomal, G. (2016). The Shark Handbook: The Essential Guide for Understanding the Sharks of the World. (2nd ed.). Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press.

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Smith, S. (2001). Leopard shark. California’s Marine Living Resources: A Status Report, (December), 252–254.

Smith, S. (2007). Leopard shark. Status of the Fisheries Report, (14), 1–7.

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Featured Species: Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasicata)

Featured Species: Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasicata) One of the most charismatic shark species is the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata, with its elongated body, flattened head, dual dorsal fins of nearly equal size, striking dark saddle-like spots against a sandy or silver background, and a stark white belly (Nosal et al., 2013; Tricas et al., 1997).

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