SCIENTISTS FIND 4 NEW SPECIES OF “WALKING” SHARK!

SUMMARY

• Scientists find 4 new species of walking shark
• Walking sharks are sharks that swim on the bottom of the ocean so it looks like they are walking.
• Now that they have found these 4 species there are 9 total, known species of walking sharks

Newsworthy

• This is newsworthy because it has an affect on how much people need to learn
• More people could become interested in sea creatures
• Scientists around the world will want to study these new species

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

• I think the author’s purpose was to explain/describe because because the author was not sharing his/her opinion on the topic
• Also, though the article was entertaining the author was explained a lot about these creatures

WHY I CHOSE THIS TOPIC

• I chose to write about this topic is because I like learning about animals
• Another reason I wrote about this topic is because it “popped out” (at me) when I was looking for articles
• The last reason I wrote about this topic is because I had never heard of a walking shark

HISTORIC LENS

• I looked at this through the historic lens because the discovery will expand our knowledge of the animal kingdom
• I also looked at this through the historic lens because scientists will have more animals to study

ECONOMIC LENS

• I looked at this through the economic lens becausescientists will have more experiments to conduct which will help them earn more money

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