What Makes a Shark, a Shark?
For a full week, the Seymour Center will celebrate Shark Science Week by revealing fascinating facts about these cartilaginous fishes. Come explore amazing shark adaptations including their extraordinary senses, the unique ways in which they reproduce, and so much more!
Our educators will help you investigate the similarities and differences between sharks and their cousins, the rays and skates. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to actually come in contact with a shark? Find out at our shark touching pool!
Shark Science Week caps off with a fascinating talk by expert Peter Klimley –– join us for Science Sunday on August 17.
Shark Conservation – Striving to Save Sharks from Extinction
A. Peter Klimley, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor & Director, Biotelemetry Laboratory Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, UC Davis
Peter Klimley has been studying sharks for decades. His experiences with a variety of species, including the much-feared great white shark, have shed light on natural behaviors rarely witnessed by others.
Known as Dr. Hammerhead for his groundbreaking work on hammerhead sharks in the Gulf of California, Klimley refutes claims that sharks are “mindless killing machines.” They are very complex, even social animals.
Don’t miss this exciting Science Sunday lecture that caps off “Shark Science Week” at the Seymour Center.
Join Klimley after his talk for a book signing — The Secret Life of Sharks: A Leading Marine Biologist Reveals the Mysteries of Shark Behavior and The Biology of Sharks and Rays will be available in our Ocean Discovery Shop.
Free ADMISSION for Seymour Center Members and UC Santa Cruz undergraduates with valid student ID.