Shark Week (Day 3)

And on the third day, The Lord made turtles and sharks.  And it was a fight to the death...

SHARK FACT: Sharks haven't sold out like turtles did.  It's a known fact that sharks are far superior to the snails of the reptile family, but this didn't have a physical manifestation until Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles turned up in comic books in the mid-1980s.  Since then, the image of these turtles has been produced in every possible licencing agreement, from TV shows to movies to action figures to video games to backpacks (of which I may or may not own one).

Sharks have kept pretty low-key, except for a brief while to kick ass in Street Sharks, which was an acceptable venture.  (It's one thing to let your enemy get all the spotlight, but it's another to fade entirely into obscurity.)

Also, Street Sharks was so much more "jaw-some" than TMNT was "far-out."

Everything else, from Jaws to the squeeky shark toy from Toy Story, is simply an unauthorized representation of a shark.  Really, they just want to be known for what they do best: comedy.

To summarize, shame on you turtles.

And shame on you, kid.