Misunderstood Sharks Essay

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The World of Misunderstood Sharks
Imagine you are swimming peacefully in the ocean and you are very hungry. All the sudden you hear a fish. So you go to get it and take a bite and it is not at all what you thought it was going to be. That is what sharks do, and humans think that they purposely attack us. Sharks, especially great white, are misunderstood creatures that are curious about new things in their environment.
Many things about sharks are interesting and they have some general facts that are pretty fascinating. The first fact is how they find prey. Sharks have a lateral line or sensory system from head to tail. The canals are filled with liquid. When there is sound it causes the liquid to vibrate. Another fact about sharks is there natural enemies are humans. Humans kill sharks more than they attack us. Humans use sharks for food, they use shark skin for leather and shark teeth for jewelry. Sharks attack humans because they mistake us for prey. They take one bite and realize that we are not their prey. One scary fact about sharks is there bite. One shark bite is like being crushed underneath ten cars, stated the article, …show more content…

In the book “Great White Sharks” by Peter Benchley, he says that they are not villains but victims in danger of extinction. Have you ever seen a great white shark and it had scars near its gils? Well that is what happens when two sharks meet. They are actually being friendly. Back then it used to be okay to decimate animals. They used to think that great whites were infinite in number. They also thought that Great whites attacked boats. A great white's sensory system can detect movement, sound, and electrical fields caused by metal and motors. When a shark is approached by a boat it wants to investigate by biting it to see if it is food. Great white sharks are the most feared sharks but should not be feared as

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