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Valentine s Day has long since passed, but for the great white sharks off the Outer Banks, the romance, albeit violent, is just getting started.
Experts have long suspected that the sharks congregate off the coast of North Carolina in order to mate, but they ve never had real proof. But that s all about to change.
OCEARCH s Expedition Carolinas is a groundbreaking research expedition set to launch from Wilmington Friday with the goal of finally determining why the giant sharks keep gathering in the area from February through April.
The News & Observer reports that the nonprofit will spend 21 days capturing sexually mature great white sharks between Cape Lookout and the Frying Pan Shoals. Among other things, scientists will run blood tests to identify elevated hormone and sperm levels.
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Mar. 9 One of the many mysteries surrounding North Carolina's Outer Banks is why the islands attract throngs of great white sharks this time of year, and a group of marine researchers has an unsettling theory. This tourist's paradise is also where the sharks gather to violently mate. Circumstantial evidence supporting this idea has been building for years, but a first-of-its-kind expedition to .
frying pan
Sun Sep 23 2001 at 21:27:42
A frying pan, also called a skillet, is a pan, usually round, with low, gently sloping sides and a long handle. It s used, as its name suggests, for frying foods, usually over high heat, so it needs to be thick enough not to warp. A good heavy frying pan will hold its shape, and the better it is, the more likely it is to conductheat evenly, without hot spots that will burn food.
Most frying pans are round, usually 8, 10, and 12 inches in diameter, though electric frying pans may be square or oblong. I find it useful to have a lid that fits my frying pans, and an oven-proof handle is nice too, allowing you to move food from stovetop to oven easily. This is handy both for baking and broiling foods; you can try wrapping a plastic or wooden handle in tin foil if it isn t going to be in the oven long. Some people find stay-cool handles a boon, but I tend to stick with metal handles and use a potholder to pick up the pan.