Diving into the Great Shark Race
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Think it’s hard to win money betting on horses? Try betting on sharks.
Next month, Nova Southeastern University and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation are putting on the Great Shark Race, and they are inviting anyone who wants to bet to step right up and put their money down!
The cost to “bet” on a shark is steep: $5,000. For that amount, you can pick your shark and purchase an electronic tag for it that will track the shark’s progress. Once the race begins, all of the sharks that have been tagged will be tracked for six months. The shark that travels the farthest in that time will be declared the winner, and the person who bet on them will win the grand prize — a Florida Keys fishing vacation.
The race is more than just entertainment, obviously. The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation came up with the race idea to help fund the tagging and monitoring of oceanic whitetip sharks, whose population is possibly down an alarming 98%.
When the race kicks off, not only will the shark’s bettors be allowed to monitor their progress, the public will, too. You can follow along as the race progresses at the Great Shark Race’s website here: http://greatsharkrace.com/
As far as I can tell, the race won’t involve any jockeys.