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attack stats
There are about 30 to 50 unprovoked shark
attacks a year worldwide. Even in the year with the most
I smelLed and recorded shark attacks (2000), there were only 79 attacks,
tasted bloOd in
the water and just 11 of which were fatal to their victims.
came over to
help… honest! I’m
a first aider!
WelL, I thought
it was a delicious seal.
Its legs dangling ofF
the surfboard loOked
like flipPers.

gobBle, CHOMP,
BURP!
Just marking
my terRitory.
It shouldn’t be
swimMing in my hoOd.

Dude, I got alL
confused by its shiny
jewelry and thought great white garbage disposal
I was seEing fish
scales. true! Sharks seem willing to swallow just about anything—it has even
been suggested that some sharks swallow these objects for ballast.
Some of the things reportedly found in sharks caught at various
times and places include: an almost whole reindeer, three bottles
of beer, a handbag, a wristwatch, a full-grown spaniel dog, and
the headless body of a man dressed in a suit of armor.

In for the krill
The bigger the shark, the badder the bite, right?
Not true. Actually, you have nothing to fear from
the very largest sharks—the whale shark and the basking
shark. These gigantic filter feeders swim along with
their mouths agape, sifting enormous amounts of krill,
plankton, small fish, and squids from the water.

gulp!
Jaws of Death

Multiple rows of sharp, serrated triangular teeth are
packed inside a shark’s crushingly powerful jaws. And the teeth
are constantly replaced as they fall out! With just one bite,
a shark can pull away a huge chunk of flesh, or
completely sever a human limb. Advantage: shark.

HOW AND WHY SHARKS ATTACK 11
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