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Eugenie Clark,
Shark Lady
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Eugenie Clark, Shark Lady
Author: Kendra Adams
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Eugenie Clark,
Shark Lady
by Kendra Adams

Chapter 1 A Scientist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2 Observing Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3 A Fish Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 4 Setting Up a Lab . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 5 Riding a Whale Shark . . . . 12
Chapter 6 Sharing Her Work . . . . . . . 14

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Chapter 1
A Scientist
Eugenie Clark is a famous scientist. She has
spent her life studying fish. Sharks are some of
her favorite fish. Eugenie has traveled around the
world to learn about different kinds of sharks.
Many people call Eugenie Clark the “shark lady.”

Eugenie Clark carries an

explorer’s flag underwater
for a film about the small
fish shown here.

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Chapter 2
Observing Fish At home, Eugenie set up her own fish tank.

When Eugenie was a young girl, she spent She watched her fish carefully and took notes

hours observing fish at the New York Aquarium. about what they did. She wrote about fish and
read about them. It was her dream to become a
Eugenie learned about different kinds of fish, and
scientist someday.
she pretended she was in the water with them.
She wondered what it would feel like to be one
of the fish.

This is the New York Aquarium that

Eugenie Clark visited long ago.
It is no longer there today.

This model of a shark sits outside the

popular New York Aquarium of today.

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Chapter 3
A Fish Expert
Not many women were scientists when
Eugenie was young. But that didn’t stop her.
When Eugenie went to college, she took science
classes and became a fish expert.

Eugenie Clark studies a shark up close.

Eugenie decided to dive deep in the sea,

so she could study fish where they live. She
learned how to dive with a mask and how to
use underwater breathing equipment.
The first time Eugenie saw a shark under
the water, she was surprised. The huge shark
swam right past her. Eugenie thought it was
beautiful, and she was sorry when it swam away.

In college, Eugenie studied how blowfish can puff

themselves up to scare off their enemies.

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Chapter 4
Setting Up a Lab
Eugenie traveled to different parts of the
world to study fish. She wrote about her work
and became a well-known scientist. Then she
was asked to start a lab in Florida. The lab was
a place where Eugenie and other scientists could
study fish.
Scientists study sea life
at the Mote Marine
Laboratory. Visitors can A diver watches a lemon shark
go to the aquarium there. swimming inside a cage.

In the lab, Eugenie tested lemon sharks to

see how smart they were. Eugenie trained the
sharks to do things. The sharks learned to ring
a bell to get food.
Before this, people thought sharks were not
very smart. Eugenie proved that sharks are smart
after all!

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•G
reat white sharks
can swim fast.
• T hese sharks have about
5,000 sharp teeth.
•G
reat white sharks don’t
chew their food.
They tear it off in chunks
and gulp it down.
•S
eals and sea lions are
some of the sharks’
favorite foods.

A diver studies a great white shark

from the safety of a cage.

Eugenie Clark says that she is not afraid Eugenie used an underwater cage to study
of sharks. She is too interested in them to be great white sharks. These sharks can be dangerous
scared. But she also says it is important to to people, but Eugenie studied them from inside
understand how sharks act. the cage where she was safe. She observed the
sharks and took pictures of them.

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Chapter 5 Eugenie slid down and held on to the shark’s
Riding a Whale Shark tail for as long as she could. The shark swam
Eugenie even went for a ride on a whale faster and faster. But Eugenie did not feel scared.
shark, the biggest fish in the sea. She grabbed Finally, Eugenie had to let go. As she watched
the shark as it swam by her. Then she tried to the huge shark swim away, she felt happy. Eugenie
sit on the shark’s back, but she couldn’t stay on. had learned what it felt like to be a shark!

A diver swims up close to a whale shark.

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Chapter 6 Eugenie Clark teaches some
children about a shark.
Sharing Her Work
Eugenie Clark has spent her
life studying sharks and other fish.
She loves to share what she has
learned about them. She talks to
scientists and students who visit
her lab. She writes books, and she
writes articles for magazines, too.
Eugenie hopes that other people
will love learning about the sea.

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harks are smart animals.
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They remember what they learn.

harks eat many kinds of sea animals.

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They eat fish, crabs, and even other sharks.

ost sharks are timid and stay away

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from people.

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