| Since the release of the bestselling novel "Jaws" in | | | | shark and the Basking shark. While both could |
| 1974 and the movie itself in 1975, sharks ended | | | | compete in size with some whales, they are still |
| up with a bad reputation as man-eaters. While | | | | considered to be part of the fish family. |
| everybody knows that both the novel and its | | | | Amongst some of the other types of sharks that |
| Hollywood version's main goal is to entertain | | | | are virtually harmless, there are: the Leopard |
| people, nonetheless, it changed people's idea of | | | | shark, the Horn shark, the Brown Smoothhound |
| sharks forever. That is when an uncontrollable | | | | shark and the zebra shark. |
| fear started to grow in people's mind. | | | | The sad part of this idea that people have about |
| Facts could not be further from the truth. You | | | | sharks is that the victims here are not humans, |
| see, while some types of sharks are considered | | | | they are sharks. You see, 100 million sharks are |
| to be fierce predators which also are known to | | | | killed every year as opposed to 58 shark attacks |
| be responsible for most attacks on people, 80% | | | | made on human of which 4 were fatal during the |
| of all sharks are considered virtually harmless to | | | | year 2005. |
| people either because of their small size of the | | | | You see, numerous harmless types of sharks are |
| fact that their diet simply does not include | | | | killed in fishing nets or during fishing expeditions as |
| humans. | | | | they instinctively follow schools of fish for feeding |
| As a matter of fact, did you know that the two | | | | purposes and end up dying over it. And I am not |
| largest sharks are virtually harmless to people and | | | | talking about finning or voluntarily fishing sharks |
| can literally be approached by divers without any | | | | for culinary purposes. Now who is the victim and |
| safety concerns? Yes, you probably have | | | | who is the predator? |
| guessed it already. I am talking about the Whale | | | | |