Tree Sharks:

The hidden terror

Okay, this all started a while back. I was really bored and was leafing through a National Geographic with a friend of mine. I was so bored, in fact, that I decided to come up with a back story for all of the pictures of trees and junk. Of course, reading the captions or even the article itself probably would have told me what they were all about, but that would have been too easy…

Thus was born the Tree Shark.

Very few people are aware of the existence of Tree Sharks. This seems strange at first, because they are so very big, and they live in trees. But Tree Sharks are extremely crafty and can easily avoid being seen. Also, they can turn invisible (or, according to some reports, can change their color like a chameleon or that thing from Predator), making them even harder to spot. Lastly, many have the ability to change their shape into anything they want. They often hide as rocks, trees, buildings, 747's, or, in one instance, the country of France.

Tree Sharks can swim very swiftly through the air. Some of the more ignorant eyewitnesses claim they can fly, but this is utter rubbish. Everyone knows that sharks can't fly. They are typically between 5 and 100 feet or more in length. Though capable of eating just about anything, they prefer to prey solely on humans.

Tree Sharks live alone, or in small family groups. Tree Shark nests are very difficult to find, and they almost always resemble a common bird's nest. Tree Sharks lay a small clutch of eggs every year, which the untrained eye will mistake as bird's eggs (any kind of bird-Tree Sharks are so very crafty). It is an established fact that Tree Shark eggs are always .0000005 mm larger in circumference, however, and thus easily distinguished by a Tree Shark Hunter. The eggs will hatch in several weeks, revealing a group of small baby Tree Sharks. The infant Tree Shark, it should be warned, is indistinguishable from a baby bird. Thus the disguise is preserved throughout the entire infant stages of the creature's life.

Of disturbing note is the rumors that in South America, near the equator, there is a type of Tree Shark which lives in a hive. Or rather, a large collection of communal nests, which is indistinguishable from the jungle around it. In such colonies, there are numerous Tree Shark drones, each of which will gladly give it's life in service of the Tree Shark Queen.

How the creature evolved into two totally different lifestyles is not known at this time.

What is known is that Tree Sharks possess great intelligence, surpassing humans by three times or more. They are so very crafty that they have gone for centuries without ever having been discovered-until now. I urge you to be cautious-the area where you live may be infested with thousands, even millions, of these creatures.