KGW TV in Portland Installed a 'Shark Cam' Live Feed on its Website

The Oregon Coast Aquarium, Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) will celebrate the twenty first annual Shark Week July 27 – August 2 with a variety of events highlighting the fascinating world of sharks. “Breakfast with the Sharks” will kick off Shark Week, allowing visitors to enter the Aquarium before it opens to the public and enjoy an elegant breakfast buffet while learning more about sharks.

“Breakfast with the Sharks” takes place Sunday, July 27 from 8 to 9:30 am in the Gleason Event Room in front of the private viewing window of the Sharks in the Passages of the Deep exhibit. As visitors dine, they will see how the sharks are fed their breakfast by husbandry staff while an Aquarium biologist gives a talk about their diet, behaviors and physiology. Cost for non members, $25 members, $20. Reservations are required by calling (541) 867-3474 ext. 2313.

Shark Week spotlights sharks as important members of their ocean habitats, unlike the man-eating monsters portrayed in the movies. Sharks live in oceans around the globe—from warm shallows to the cold, deep sea and even fresh water lakes. All of the sharks exhibited at the Oregon Coast Aquarium are species native to Oregon’s coastal waters. Visitors will meet the sharks from Oregon’s wild coast in the week-long glimpse into the world of sharks.

KGW Northwest Newschannel 8 TV in Portland installed a 'Shark Cam' feed live on the KGW.com web site in time for Shark Week. Viewers will be able to watch the Oregon Coast Aquarium’s sharks live at http://www.kgw.com/sharkcam/?nvid=226982&live=yes  . The site also offers a guide to the inhabitants of Ocean Sea, the habitat where sharks reside, in the Aquarium’s Passages of the Deep exhibit.

Sharks and their ancestors have presided over the seas for nearly 400 million years, but in the wild today, shark populations are suffering from human activity. Through habitat destruction and overfishing, humans have become more dangerous to sharks than they are to us. Sharks have been depicted as man-eaters and killers for centuries. The reality is that of the more than 350 species, only a handful pose any threat to humans.

Shark Week Activities:
-Shark Week kicks off with “Breakfast with the Sharks” Sunday, July 27, 8:00-9:30am
-Free giveaways; books about sharks and trading cards
-Shark books, DVD’s and educational toys available in the Aquarium Gift Shop
-Children’s shark craft
-Fascinating shark bio facts 
-Shark dissections and talks
-The opportunity to adopt a shark
-Face Painting Sunday, July 27 and Saturday, Aug 2

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational attraction dedicated to the highest quality aquatic and marine science programs for recreation and education so the public better understands, cherishes, and conserves the world’s natural marine and coastal resources.
 
 
Photo Caption: A spiny dogfish, one of several species of sharks that viewers will be able to watch on Portland TV, KGW Channel 8's new Shark Cam http://www.kgw.com/sharkcam/?nvid=226982&live=yes  .
Photo by Cindy Hanson, Oregon Coast Aquarium