Sharks

Here is a picture that I found online that really disturbs me. It is entirely fake and it gives people a false impression that sharks are man-eaters. If someone wants to portray a shark, portray them for what they are, not what man tends to make them out to be! The URL for this picture is: http://800lbgorilla.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/shark-attack1.jpg.

I found this video on YouTube and thought it was very fitting because I just completed my Level II field experience and the lessons that I taught at the end were about sharks. The URL for this video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDoDLZgKJZAI think video is one that demonstrates the power the sharks can have but it also shows that the teen doesn't know much about sharks. In the video he talks about how he was trying to push the shark away which is nearly impossible to do because sharks have the most powerful jaws on the planet. He also makes a comment about how that shark bit down harder on him when he tried to get away which is a natural instinct and how the shark was tossing his head back and forth in the water. After sharks latch onto the object they are trying to bite, their way to detach the bite from the object is to thrash its head back and forth. Another thing that I learned about shark attacks is that sharks often mistake humans as food. Sharks love to eat seal and sea lions which bob up and down in the water and when humans do this in the water, sharks mistake them for food which is often why they attack. Sharks have more reasons to be afraid of humans than humans do of sharks. There are only about 100 fatal attacks by sharks every year which is minimal in comparison to the 1000's of sharks that are killed by humans every year for food and sport. For those who don't know, the Mako Shark is the most popular shark hunted for usage in the United States.