An Age of Magic

No more Jaws…?

They are known as one of the deadliest creatures on Earth but according to a shocking new study great white sharks are also one of the most endangered. Wildlife experts say there are now fewer than 3,500 great whites left in the oceans, making them rarer than tigers. Yesterday, marine biologists called for an end to mankind’s long battle with sharks and demanded urgent action to prevent them going extinct.

Great white sharks have a deserved reputation as ruthless and efficient killers, who use ambush techniques to attack  fish, dolphins and seals from below. They can grow 20 feet in length, weigh up to 5,000 lb and are found in any warm coastal waters – from the Mediterranean to New Zealand. Most, however, live off the coasts of California, Mexico, Australia  and South Africa. The new estimates of their population are due to published later this year by scientists at Stanford University who have been studying the migration of sharks tagged with radio transmitters.

They found that great whites are incredible long distance swimmers, capable of travelling 12,000 miles in nine months!

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Not a great way to lose weight.

Poor Cheryl Cole – but then everyone has been warning her for quite a while now about her husband Ashley being what he is…a slimy cheat behind her back. And he has been at it again. Of course, as last time, this will all run to textbook form. Cheryl will lose a lot of weight while she is hiding out in the US, she will come back to the UK ‘gaunt and fragile’ , all doe-eyed and perfectly made up.

Not quite how the rest of us look when we suffer the same sorrows. I would not say that having an unfaithful partner is the best best fat burner you will find – effective yes, but not desirable – but women like Cheryl are so accustomed to self-deprivation when it comes to food that they hover between thin and gaunt all the time. Just dump him Cheryl, do us all a favour.

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How far would you go for smooth thighs…?

Probably to the ends of the earth if you are like most women – or the ends of your bank balance. Cellulite remains a woman’s number one enemy even though men really don’t get our obsession with it. From special tights to a style of hotpants, from specially designed flip-flops to dubious oils and creams, we women are always after the perfect and effective cellulite cure, but does one exist?

Hard to say. I bought the elancyl glove and gel when I was 20 and remember having to be bothered to use the thing in the shower every day – after the novelty wore off, and seeing nothing changing, I left it lying in the bathroom for months later. Of course there would not have been any change to see because on reflection I never had cellulite!

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