Sharks don't kill people; people kill people.?
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Yes sharks kill people unless a person shoves another person in a sharks mouth
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There is 1 baby female living at Sea World San Diego, but I don't know if she's visible to the public. This little 7 footer currently has the record for surviving in captivity - 54 days as of 11/7/2006.\n\nGreat Whites don't survive after they're captured, and scientists are trying to figure out why. The previous record was 16 days back in August 1981.\n\nFor some reason, after about 10 days sharks stop eating, start swimming erratically, bumping off of walls, and eventually sink to the bottom of the holding tank, where they drown. If a shark doesn't keep water over its gills, it doesn't get any oxygen and dies.\n\nLots of things have proven to be involved - great whites can detect as little as 0.01 volts of electricity in the water. This transient voltage interferes with their guidance or feeding instincts and they batter themselves against the cage trying to get to the source of the signal. \n\nThe facility in San Diego has no electronics of any kind directly mounted on or near the tank. The tank is also significantly bigger than previous efforts: 1,000,000+ gallons. The researchers also took several days to acclimate the young shark in a fenced off area of the ocean, gradually reducing the size until it was the same size as its million gallon intended home.\n\nDespite years of research, very little is actually known about Great Whites. How deep they can go? What are their reproductive habits? How often do they give birth? Why are their movement patterns over a lifetime? All of these questions are still mysteries.\n\nGive it a few years. Once we get answers to some of the basic questions, we might be able to keep them in captivity. Hopefully we'll be able to not only learn from them, but protect them so our children and grandchildren can enjoy them, too.\n\nHope that answers your question,\nOdd
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GO SHARKS! They will kill the Predators!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hello yahoo pal,\n\n    \n  The fear of sharks has been fueled by a few rare instances of unprovoked attack, such as the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916, and by sensationalized fiction and film, such as the Jaws series. The creater of the Jaws phenomenon, Peter Benchley, has himself in recent years attempted to dispel the myth of sharks being maneating monsters. In 2005 there were worldwide a total of 58 unprovoked attacks of which 4 were fatal [2]. Several hundred people die annually from lightning strikes and 1.3 million people die from diseases transmitted via mosquito bites.\n\n \nSnorkeler with Blacktip Reef Shark.Contrary to popular belief, only a few sharks are dangerous to humans. Out of more than 360 species, only 4 have been confirmed to have killed appreciable numbers of humans in unprovoked attacks: the Great White, Tiger, Bull, and Oceanic Whitetip sharks. These sharks, being large, powerful predators perfectly capable of eating humans, may sometimes attack and kill people, but all of the above sharks, even the Great White, have been filmed in open water, with no cage [3], time and time again, without incident.\n\nThere are many theories about why sharks sometimes attack people. Some claim that the shark is confusing a human for a seal or other prey animal; this would be typical in the case of an attack against a surfer. This is because the shape of a surfer lying on a board closely resembles a seal from beneath the surface. Also, sharks have sensory organs on their nose to pick up electrical signals, such as movement. Often the shark that attacks a human will make only one bite and then go away. This behaviour has many possible explanations, one being that humans don't taste good (or at least, as good), or are lacking the necessary fat, and another being that sharks normally make one swift attack, and then retreat and wait for the victim to die, or exhaust itself, before it comes back to feed. This protects the shark from retribution from a wounded and aggressive target, but also allows humans the time to get out of the water and survive. Another theory is that the electrical receptors, which pick up movement, do not pick up the same signals from a wounded human as they would a wounded seal, and so they are more cautious. In fact, it has recently been shown that surfers do not give off the same electrical signals as seals, or it is thought there would be far more attacks.\n\n \nContrary to popular belief the Great White Shark does not target humans as prey.A number of other species (perhaps 10 - 15) have threatened, attacked, and/or bitten, but not killed large numbers of humans without being obviously provoked. This group contains the Mako, Hammerhead, Gray Reef, Black Tip Reef, Lemon, Silky and Blue sharks. These sharks are also large, powerful predators which can be provoked simply by being in the water at the wrong time and place, but they are normally considered less dangerous to divers and swimmers than the previous group. In most cases, if a person moves away calmly, or remains still, they will be ignored. Many shark species are known to "display" when feeling threatened, and it is ill-advised to remain in the vicinity at such a time as this would generally be considered enough provocation to warrant an attack.\n\nA few other shark species do attack people every year, producing wounds that can potentially kill, but this occurs either specifically because they have been provoked, or through mistaken identity due to water conditions or the like.\n\n[edit]\nSpeed\nIn general, sharks swim ("cruise") at an average speed of 8 kilometers (5 miles) per hour, but when feeding or attacking, the average shark reaches speeds upwards of 19 kilometers (12 miles) per hour. One exception to this generality is the Mako shark, whose speed may range upwards of 48 kilometers (30 miles) per hour. The Mako shark is considered to be the fastest shark and one of the fastest fish. Also the Great White Sh
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The sharks may avoid these fish because their ancestors learned that those fish species are poisonous or just taste awful. Predators don't eat everything, just certain species. Take birds and butterflies. There are certain butterflies that have distinct patterns that birds recognize and the birds leave them alone because they are poisonous. Other butterfly species have similar patterns because they will get left alone if they look poisonous. The shark probably looks at the fish swimming in the tank and goes "I'm not eating that, you can't make me" and they wait for feeding time.
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first, the idea that they don't "like how we taste" is just a theory. that is, it explains some observations but hasn't been empirically tested (for obvious reasons!). it's basically a hypothesis to cover why so many "bite-and-spit" attacks take place, where a shark briefly attacks a person and then swims away and leaves them there.\n\nnotably, however, there are other theories that cover this--for example, that plenty of bite-and-spit events are territorial warnings, or that this is a common feeding habit for some species where they bite, wait for the prey to weaken and die, and then return when there's not so much risk of retaliation and possible injury to the shark.\n\nif the "taste" theory is true, one major theory out there is that sharks have chemosensory capabilities to gauge how much fat is in prey. and let me tell you, we are a hell of a lot less fatty than a seal or sea lion. (obese though many of us may be, we don't need an insulating layer for constant coldwater diving.) so according to that theory, the shark would bite, realize the person isn't worth the effort, and go away.\n\nthis theory has really come in based on great white shark attacks, where bite-and-spit patterns seem fairly common in both human and natural prey (e.g. seal) situations. if they do this, and tiger or bull sharks don't, then there's probably an ecological reason for it, like where a white shark bites and backs off from a seal, whereas say a reef shark might bite as a territoriality or perceived threat thing.\n\nbut, bottom line, nobody knows, and any "expert theory"you hear is still a theory, even if it's from an expert.
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There is a limit to proof.  The family of sharks.  There are\n    hammerhead sharks that have this distinction due to being\n   an excessively large and stupid pod.  A pod reported in the \n   Congo islands mid atlantic is said to eat full size elephant\n   seal and shed their eyeballs quite often.  Many white shark\n   species are truly dangerous and reach 30 feet long.  This is\n   the actual reported animal of most dangerous being it is  \n    tested by sonar as having the lowest IQ and the largest menu.
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never heard of sharks being mans best friends but I have heard of dogs being mans best friend and I know thats true at least for me. I love dogs but sharks not so much at all they need to come up with something better then that. Maybe instead of sharks they should say dolphins I love dolphins there sooo cute.
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from a moron ar the bottom of the food chain that's pretty funny.  they do three things and they do them better than anybody else.  they eat, and make baby sharks, the third is a by product of the eating thing.  BTW they've been around-unchanged-for somewhere around 70 million years.  not bad for a retard, huh.
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The scales- Same structure, shape, and composition- In fact, a related function, since sharks will brush the sides of their body by interesting possible food items to scrape off a little (of your skin, for example) in order to "taste" it with special sensors in the skin.  Generally, if a shark does this with a human, they will *not* attack further.
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Hey first off DON'T listen at all to the hippie nonsense garbage about Sharks being "endangered"! That is a load of grade A bull. Shark populations are exploding,we need to hunt them to reduce the OVER population. My opinion is bite then before they bite you. This how you clean them:After you have shot the top of the shark in the head with a explosive tip deer slug; death and paralysis ensues. Cut the tail off to drain the max. amount of blood out of the shark,then hack/saw the head off then slice the belly open and plop out the guts in a top down fashions. then skin and fillet as you would any other fish and enjoy fried,baked,in tacos,stewed! Save the teeth as a souvenir!!
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I'm not, but it's ok. Many people get scared of the water. Overcome the fear and you'll get over it. Even if the beach had a chance of sharks, they live farrrrr into the ocean. Just make sure you have nothing shining on and no blood dripping at on your skin and you'll be ok. (I went into oceans where sharks live there. No accidents. :) )
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Well, no, people have not been eaten by giant squid. This behemoth prefers very, very deep and cold waters where no humans can survive. There are no scuba divers down this deep. We're talking mesopelagic layer, maybe 1,000 meters or even more. Not without a submarine. Though dead ones sometimes wash ashore.\n\nHumboldt squid have been filmed near fishing boats where the squid were in terrible pain and being killed and the photographers needed cages or they would be attacked. The locals called them Red Devils and claimed they were more dangerous than sharks. They even cannibalized each other. However, when filmed far, far away from the carnage the Humboldt squid were peaceful and inquisitive and did not attack photographers who did not need a shark cage and were not in one.\n\nI believe whether it is Humboldt squid or common squid or the giant squid that their behavior will be more similar than different. They probably would not attack human unprovoked with a blood lust, even if they did live closer to the surface than they do.
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Polar bears view humans as prey, and actually enjoy killing and eating us. Lions are afraid of humans, and can be deterred by a blow to the nose. People wrestle alligators for fun, and win. Sharks are not interested in eating humans, and rarely attack, and they too can be deterred by a blow to the nose.
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Odly enough sharks will eat just about anything. The quetion now is what can you "bait" them with. I believe and form of chum (chopped up fish parts still in the blood) is a good start. Then I believe large chunks of relatively fresh fish or seal decoys.\nCheck out National Geographic's Web page on Sharks.\n\n-Stretch
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Well the best thing to do is to keep away from them.  sharks usually don't attack humans unless they are provoked.  \n\nHowever, if a shark does try to attack, punching it in the noes does help.  a sharks noes is full of ultra-sensative nerves that helps them detect prey.\n\nAlso, avoid wearing yellow, black or silver when swimming in shark-infested waters.
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To avoid attack by sharks, never swim with a bleeding wound, which sends them into a psychotic feeding-frenzy, keep nearer the beach and a constant vigil for them, with other swimmers, and preferably a very nearby boat, and as sharks nudge and nibble to determine if something is edible, you have to strike them hard -kick, punch, heel of hand, elbow- them on the nose, as they have a very sensitive area full of nerve-endings there, and can be fazed for a few minutes by a strong strike.\n  Bears are territorial, and 'own' a big area!  The worst thing to do is startle a bear, sneaking up on them.  You should sing while you hike, walk with jingle-bells on your boots, play a radio, makes a lot of noise, and they will hide, and watch you.  Never make eye-contact, never start running to escape, they can catch Olympic sprinters!  Keep  a big pistol to hand.  The noise will scare most off, but the gun helps gives you a confident psychic trace, that they pick up on, rather than you quaking in your boots, wishing you had a gun! \nBee-stings kill a lot more than both.