Not only do sharks have rows of teeth, not only are they fast, but now it turns out that they’re also highly intelligent when it comes to hunting their prey, as Catherine Griffin reports in this article for Science World Report. Scientists have discovered that sharks can comprehend body orientation and know when a human is facing them or not, which allows them to approach stealthily from behind.

In order to hunt successfully, a predator needs to correctly perceive the body form, size and movement of its potential prey. This also seems to be the case when sharks seek out food. When a shark encounters a potential meal, it prefers to sneak up from behind and avoid the prey’s field of vision. Yet until now, scientists have been unsure whether a shark could identify human body orientation and then use the information in a self-serving manner.

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Maybe it wasn’t such a great idea Cameron going cap in hand to the Chinese to persuade them to invest in UK infrastructure – including new nuclear power stations and the new HS2 high-speed rail link:

Entire New 13-Story Building Tips Over in Shanghai

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Coming soon to a British town near you?

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Related articles by Tom Pride:

British Man Held Captive And Abused By Chinese Maoists Sells Nation Into Slavery

Never mind the EU – how about a referendum on loss of UK sovereignty to China?

Satire like Porn? How 3UK are bringing Chinese-style political censorship of web to UK

The government’s allowing our water, gas and electricity to be sold to the Chinese and no-one seems to be noticing

Did Cameron order the humiliation of Lech Walesa on the bidding of Beijing?

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(Ahmed Fouad Negm, rallies attendants during a public meeting organized by the opposition movement ‘Writers and Artists for Change’ in Cairo in 2005. curtsey CNN)

This is special edition of my weekly Egypt’s report dedicated to the legendary Egyptian poet Ahmad Fouad Negm who passed away on December 3. Negm was, and still is my favorite Egyptian poet.  Hope you like this collection

• Prince Claus Award for Ahmad Fouad Negm.
• Zeinobia ‘s tribute for Negm, and his funeral
• Rawyia Rageh’s  2002 profile for the AP of Egypt’s iconic poet Ahmed Fouad Negm
• Al-Jazeera English’s 2012 documentary of Ahmed Fouad Negm
• Kareem Fahim writes in the New York Times: Ahmed Fouad Negm, dissident poet of Egypt’s underclass, dies at 84
• Washington Post’s piece about Negm
• Raphael Cormack’s obituary of Negm

Finally, here is one of Negm’s famous poems translated by Walaa Quisay at Revolutionary Arabic Poetry

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