The pigeye shark is an uncommon species of requiem shark found in the warm coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic and western Indo-Pacific. It prefers shallow, murky environments with soft bottoms, and tends to roam within a fairly localised area. With its bulky grey body, small eyes, and short, blunt snout, the pigeye shark looks almost identical to (and is often confused with) the better-known bull shark. The pigeye shark is an apex predator that mostly hunts low in the water column. It has a varied diet, consisting mainly of bony and cartilaginous fishes but also including crustaceans, molluscs, sea snakes, and cetaceans. This species gives birth to live young, with the developing embryos sustained to term via a placental connection to their mother. Litters of three to thirteen pups are born after a gestation period of nine or twelve months. Young sharks spend their first few years of life in sheltered inshore habitats such as bays. The pigeye shark's size and dentition make it potentially dangerous, though it has not been known to attack humans. It is infrequently caught by fisheries, which use it for meat and fins, and in shark nets used to protect beaches.
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An estimated 10,000 people died in Constantinople due to an earthquake so strong it was known as "the Lesser Judgement Day". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1509_Constantinople_earthquake
1813:
War of 1812: American forces led by Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British on Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay, Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Erie
1937:
Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met in the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyon_Conference
1960:
Mickey Mantle hit what was originally thought to be the longest home run in major league baseball, an estimated 643 feet (196 m). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
2007:
Nawaz Sharif, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan, returned to the country after being ousted in a coup and exiled eight years earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif
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