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Porbeagle Sharks Poster
by Barry Kent MacKay
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Porbeagle Sharks poster by Barry Kent MacKay. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) is an endangered shark species found in the North Atlantic, and in the southern oceans. It can be up to 2.5 meters (over... more
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The Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) is an endangered shark species found in the North Atlantic, and in the southern oceans. It can be up to 2.5 meters (over eight feet) in length and weighs up to 135 kg (nearly 300 lbs), so is not large, nor considered to be dangerous to human. While sometimes solitary, it can be gregarious, and even apparently playful behavior has been noted for this species. Notwithstanding its somewhat dumpy appearance, they can be fast moving and active. They have a low reproduction rate, a female usually having four pups per year, and commercial fishing has reduced the numbers of the species to vulnerable status worldwide, with some populations listed as either endangered or critically endangered. Unfortunately, they are still caught, legally, illegally, and as a “bycatch” of other species. They are absent from warmer, tropical waters and replaced in the North Pacific by the closely related Salmon Shark (L. ditropis). The painting is in acrylics on textured, pre-g...
About Barry Kent MacKay
Renowned Canadian bird artist, writer, naturalist, and conservationist, Barry Kent MacKay has “always been an admirer of birds, anxious to see them, paint them, and care for them.” Barry’s biological and ecological accuracy has put him in demand for commissions, to illustrate books, scientific journals and various print and digital media. He has painted birds and other wildlife from around the world, often life size, working in oils, watercolours, and acrylics. He prefers to sell original art, and keeps prices low. “Actual, original art should be affordable for middle class buyers,” he says. “I avoid having to depend on selling reproductions so that the market does not dictate what I paint, which can often be little-known...
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