|
WHIP is the Student Run Campus Radio Station at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The station broadcasts online through a live-stream, located at their website (http://www.temple.edu/whip). The call letters are an acronym for "We Have Infinite Potential," a statement which all the directors and members believe in whole-heartedly. The other radio station at Temple University, WRTI, broadcasts on FM radio and is not run by the students as WHIP is. The two stations cohabitate harmoniously at Temple and reach different audiences, but WHIP truly displays the talent and diversity of Temple students and also remains a major avenue for student voice throughout the campus.
{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Porbeagle
| status = VU
| trend = down
| image = Lanas u0.gif
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]]
| subclassis = [[Elasmobranchii]]
| ordo = [[Lamniformes]]
| familia = [[Lamnidae]]
| genus = ''[[Lamna]]''
| species = '''''L. nasus'''''
| binomial = ''Lamna nasus''
| binomial_authority = [[Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre|Bonnaterre]], 1788
}}
{{Sharksportal}}
The '''porbeagle''', ''Lamna nasus'', is a large [[pelagic]] predatory [[shark]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Lamnidae]]. The porbeagle is considered vulnerable to extinction, and the [[European Union]] has proposed listing the porbeagle under the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ([[CITES]])<ref>{{cite press release |title=More oceanic sharks added to the IUCN Red List |publisher=[[IUCN]] |date=2007-02-22 |url=http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2007/02/22_pr_sharks.htm |format= |language= |accessdate=2007-02-25 |quote= }}</ref>.
A youth-oriented mechanism of empowerment first conceived by Temple students in 1997, the station has pushed on through generations of students since then, with each generation contributing to its evolution. In early 2007, the students (after over two years of being without a radio signal or home base) moved into their new studio located in Temple University's TECH Center, a state-of-the-art technology facility and began implementing a variety of student shows. After hosting numerous interviews with famous recording artists, live broadcast sessions with unsigned local music artists and impressive talk-radio shows, the students were once again held back by unforeseen technical complications. These broadcast difficulties at the end of the school year were partly overshadowed by the success of the station's legendary WHIP Hip-Hop Fashion Show, an annual WHIP tradition which did extremely well once again this year in April 2007.
==Naming==
The origins of the name '''porbeagle''' are unknown. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' attributes its first appearance to a [[Cornwall|Cornish]] dialect. It is possible it is derived from two old French words meaning ''hog'' and ''nose''.<ref name="firstrun">{{cite book |last=Thrussell |first=Mike |title=First Run Shark |date=1990 |publisher=Ward Lock |id= ISBN 0-7063-6930-0}}</ref> The Greek ''lamna'' means ''shark'' and ''nasus'' means ''nose''.
The station's history of endless obstacles to overcome has been described by the students as a "beautiful uphill battle." More about the station, as well as their broadcast and podcast audio, can be found at their official website, http://www.temple.edu/whip and on their MySpace page, located at http://www.myspace.com/whipradio.
==Distribution ==
The porbeagle's distribution ranges from the northeastern coast of [[North America]], from [[New Jersey]] to [[Greenland]] and from the northwestern coast of [[Africa]], [[Morocco]] or [[Western Sahara]] and the [[Mediterranean]], and up to the waters off [[Iceland]] to the north coast of [[Norway]] and the northwestern coast of [[Russia]]. In the southern hemisphere its distribution is circumglobal from 30° to 60° south.
The porbeagle is listed as "Vulnerable" on the [[IUCN Red List|IUCN (World Conservation Union) Red List]] of Threatened Species. [[Canada]] also lists the porbeagle as an endangered species and overfishing has recently decimated numbers in [[Great Britain|British]] waters.
#REDIRECT: [[Walks plus hits per inning pitched]]
==Habitat==
The porbeagle is mainly a pelagic shark, but can be found in [[coastal]] waters. It lives in cold water commonly from about 5°C to 10°C (41°F to 50°F), but have been found down to 1°C (33°F) and up to 23°C (71°F). It can be found at the surface and to a depth of more than 700 [[meters]].
==Anatomy and appearance==
The most distinguishing characteristic of the porbeagle is a white patch on the trailing edge of the [[dorsal fin]]. This distinguishes it from both the [[salmon shark]] and the [[great white shark]]. It has two keels on the [[caudal fin]], in common with the salmon shark.
The porbeagle is a stout and heavy shark, dark blue-grey on top and white underneath, with a conical snout. The porbeagle can grow to about 3.7 m (12 ft), weighing about 160 to 250 kg (350 to 550 lb).
==Behaviour==
The porbeagle is among the fastest sharks. It can jump fully out of the water, a behavior observed in only a few sharks.
==Diet==
The porbeagle is an opportunistic feeder, it eats mostly bony fish like [[mackerel]], [[herring]], [[lancetfish]] and [[saurie]]s.
==Reproduction==
The porbeagle is [[Ovoviviparity|ovoviviparous]]. Gestation period is about 8 to 9 months. Litters of up to 6 pups have been recorded but the normal size is about 4. Pups are about 60 to 80 cm long when born. Female porbeagles reaches sexual maturity at about 12 to 13 years and males at 7 to 8 years.
<!-- Importance to humans, should mention sport fishing -->
==References==
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=Stevens ''et al''|year=2005|id=11200|title=Lamna nasus|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is vulnerable
* {{ITIS|ID=159911|taxon=Lamna nasus|year=2006|date=23 January}}
* {{FishBase_species|genus=Lamna|species=nasus|year=2005|month=09}}
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons|Lamna nasus}}
* [http://www.postmodern.com/~fi/sharkpics/ellis/porbeagl.htm Richard Ellis porbeagle page]
* [http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sharks/species/porbeagle.html New brunswick net porbeagle page]
* [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Porbeagle/Porbeagle.html Florida museum of natural history porbeagle page]
* [http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/shark/english/porbeagle.htm Canadian Shark research laboratory]
* [http://www.newenglandsharks.com/porbeagl.htm Capt. Toms guide to New England sharks]
* [http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z9015043/porbeagle.html Mediterranean Shark site]
* {{marinebio|id=378|name=Porbeagle, ''Lamna nasus''}}
[[Category:Lamniformes]]
[[Category:Lamnidae]]
[[Category:Sharks]]
[[Category:Ovoviviparous fish]]
[[da:Sildehaj]]
[[de:Heringshai]]
[[fr:Maraîche]]
[[it:Smeriglio]]
[[nl:Haringhaai]]
[[no:Håbrann]]
[[nn:Håbrand]]
[[sv:Håbrand]]
| 