My Son, the Shark Expert
“I lining up my sea treatures.”
As you may remember, my son absolutely loves “sea treatures,” particularly sharks. In addition to an extensive collection of shark toys, he’s amassed quite a library of shark books, which he’s dutifully studied for months, resulting in a wealth of knowledge that continues to surprise my wife and me daily.
While reading him books before bed recently, we’ve noticed that he’s become quite the expert, which has prompted my wife to continually remind me:
“We NEED to get this on tape.”
As I’ve found over and over again, moments like these are fleeting, and while it seems like an everyday thing now, he could very well become obsessed with something else tomorrow and the Son Shark Show would be abruptly and tragically canceled. And so with this in mind, I sat down with him the other night, phone in hand, to document his aquatic expertise once and for all.
Here, for your viewing pleasure, is my son naming all of the sharks (and a few other treatures) in one of his very favorite books, Amazing Sharks and Sea Creatures, while his persistent daddy tries to keep him focused.
Unfortunately, my son has informed me that he will not be autographing any copies of this video. However, he is interested in any and all college scholarship offers that may stem from this publicity, so any such offers can be sent to yours truly, marked “ATTN: Treatures.”
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Oh my he’s soooo clever!! I didn’t even know there were that many types of sharks, let alone be able to name them all!!
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Yes, my wife and I have been learning quite a bit about sharks ourselves. I’ll admit I still have trouble telling many of them apart, but I’m starting to pick out subtle differences.
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Its really cool to be raising smart children. I too had a two year old that excelled. Only, it was in playing blackjack.
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Well, I could see reaping different benefits from a skill like that, too.
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Autograph the video. That’s funny. And yes, it was a good idea to make a video. By the time he’s 8 he won’t care about sharks and have forgotten most of this information.
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Yep, I think this is a nice thing to keep around for when he claims he can’t memorize things for tests in school. :)
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Brilliant! Love when kids ‘catch a craze’. Sharks one week, baby pigs the next….
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Yep. I have to say, it’s much better than being obsessed with one thing and sticking with it forever. Keeps it interesting. :)
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Cutest little genius EVER.
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Hehe, thanks. I like to think he takes after his dad.
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Yeah, that should be his college entrance essay.
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