Shark Expo

The “Shark Expo” exhibition at the Palazzo del Turismo in Jesolo Lido is returning to stir up the public’s interest again during summer 2008.
A show that involves young and old, experienced and impassioned scuba divers, tourists and others, giving everybody the possibility to admire a good 16 different kinds of 32 sharks, gathered for the first time in a unique and unusual show on sharks.

A unique occasion to see with one’s own eyes and to see these extraordinary creatures up close.
From the Zambesi or Leucas sharks (Carcharhinus leucas), the only exemplars on display in Europe (three in the world together with South Africa and Japan) to the impressive sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus). With their dangerous and disturbing aspect, they are in reality "relatively" calm and slow swimmers.

They often are confused with the Zambesi Sharks (whose name English is bull shark, often mistranslated word for word into Italian) and they represent a kind that is now extinct in our Mediterranean, above all, because man has fished and killed them in great numbers.

Bull sharks are unjustly considered dangerous precisely because of their threatening aspect: the small eyes, the always half-open mouth and the long, sharp teeth that come out from its mouth. In reality they feed on small fish, cephalopods (cuttlefish, squid, and octopus) and skates. In fact, thanks to their long and sharp teeth, bull sharks can pierce and hold their cuttlefish and octopus prey that otherwise would slip easily out of their mouths.

At Shark Expo, rare hammerhead sharks can also be admired, very difficult to find in aquariums, an enormous exemplar of the lemon shark, the extraordinary elegance of the zebra shark (that enchants everyone with its beauty when it swims), two exemplars of nurse sharks, Oscar and Matilda, and the special carpet and bamboo sharks,
The visitor is welcomed by the enormous jaw of a white shark… and into the world of sharks through their reality, to see and admire them, and hundreds of historical exhibits to get to know them better.
Along the way, original fossil jaws and teeth are seen, ancient and modern anti-shark devices, collectors’ pieces from the world over, comic strips, previously unseen film clips, and much more.

Exhibition Hours:
From 9 May to 30 September: from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. but in case of bad weather, the exhibition is open all day from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
 

Entrance Fee 

• Full admission: 9.00 Euros
• Reduced admission (children from 5 to 12 years of age): 5.00 Euros
• Free for children up to 4 years of age