You are at the beach with your friends. You are hot and sweaty from lying out, so you decide to take a dip in the ocean. The water is only up to your knees, but before you get a chance to go in any deeper, you feel something pierce your leg. The water that was once crystal clear suddenly turns pure red. While screaming at the top of your lungs, you realize that everyone around …showed first 75 words of 959 total…

…showed last 75 words of 959 total…As the oceans number one predator, sharks help maintain the balance of nature by reducing animal population. Considering the fact that tens of thousands of people come in close contact with sharks each year while boating, surfing, or swimming, the number of attacks are not tremendous. Hopefully we will learn as much as we possibly can about sharks, and realize that they are not as much of a threat as we perceive them to be.