Sharks

Why do sharks attack people?

Once in a while a shark may bite someone. Being bitten by any kind of shark is a very rare thing. Most people unlucky enough to be bitten by a great white shark usually survive. Sharks bite because that is how they feel and taste things, by biting them. To find out what something is a shark will bite it. A baby human is like a shark because the baby likes to bite things to feel them with its mouth. Sharks don't go looking for people to eat, but once in a while a shark may bite someone. Being bitten by any kind of shark is a very rare thing. Most people unlucky enough to be bitten by a great white shark usually survive. Sharks usually bite because that is how they feel and taste things, by biting them. To find out what something is a shark will bite it. A baby human is like a shark because the baby likes to bite things to feel them with its mouth. A shark may bite also someone to make that person leave his territory. This is just like a strange dog that might try to bite you if you get into his yard. A shark may also bite someone by mistake if it thinks you are its favorite food, like a seal or a sea lion. When a shark bites someone the shark usually just takes one bite, swims away, and doesn't try to eat that person. More people are killed by being struck by lightning or bee stings or from falling airplane parts, than attacked by a shark. In fact, in the United States more people are killed by farm pigs each year than by sharks! People are more dangerous to sharks than sharks are to people. Each year people kill about 100,000,000 sharks.