Today, July 14th is Shark Awareness Day. Sharks can definitely be ferocious predators but they do get a bad reputation.
Many people are scared of sharks but the truth is that they’re way more threatened by people than we are of them.
Shark Awareness Day was started to bring awareness to the fact that sharks are persecuted and endangered. In fact millions
of sharks are killed each year. Whether that’s for shark fin soup, for their teeth or just so we can feel safe on the beach.
Sharks are a very important part of the ecosystem in the oceans so the least we can do is show them some respect.
In honour of Shark Awareness Day here’s a fantastic collection of origami sharks. Many of which you can fold yourself.
Our first origami shark is this excellent design by Choi Ju-Young.
Next we have a fantastic paper saw shark.
Nguyen Ngoc Vu has designed an amazing Great White Shark.
Here’s this model again but folded by a different artist.
Hammerhead Sharks get their name from the flattened and extended shape.
Winston is an expert at designing paper versions of all kinds of different fish.
Here’s Nguyen Ngoc Vu’s fantastic Great White again but folded by another artist.
Here we have a more cartoonish looking shark. If you use two coloured paper.
Tomasz Krawczyk designed this excellent origami shark during a meeting in Crocow.
Here’s another one of those awesome Great White Sharks.
Won Seon Seo designed this excellent shark and made this fun photo of it.
This is a really great Frilled Shark.
Here we have an absolutely beautiful Great White folded by CaptainMoon.
Next we have another awesome design from Winston. This time it’s an Angel Shark.
Here’s another more generic but nonetheless less great shark design from Oblisk.
Here’s a different Blue Shark Design by John Montroll.