Shark Attack Scenarios

This quote is crucial.After the shark attack Bethany says she doesn't recall most of what happened.She said all she remembers is a grey shadow and a lot of pressure. She describes how grateful she was not to see the shark because she probably wouldn't have been able to recover the way she did and learn to surf

“I was just attacked by a shark!” An elite thirteen year old amateur surfer had just got attacked. Bethany Hamilton was at the beach with her best friend Alana. While surfing Bethany got attacked by a tiger shark! The sharks bite off her arm. Alana’s dad Holt took control while Bethany was in a state of daze, but Bethany stayed calm. Bethany resilience will later take her far after becoming an amputee.

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Bethany would have died if it wasn’t for her composure. When the shark clawed onto Bethany’s arm, she called out to her friend explaining she has been attacked with a calm sense of mind. Bethany maintained her composure throughout the horrifying events. Bethany was then rushed to the hospital to have her arm amputated

Over the past 100 years sharks attack numbers, though rare, have been increasing. Ironically two of the most recent attacks have happened this month, which is the 40 year anniversary of the movie Jaws. these two attacks happened at Oak Island in North Carolina. The two attacks were at different times, only by hours, but on the same beach. It’s suspected that either a tiger or bull shark had attacked these two teen girls, but usually great white, lemon, spinner sharks are to blame for human attacks. Attacks this year had also been performed by a nurse and mako shark. Most attacks are categorized as “provoked attacks.” This is like a shark getting a shark bite during spearfishing, shark catching, or even releasing it from a line. Sharks accidentally

fearless. This explains that she had the guts to do this which nobody else would ever do.

. . Bethany’s cool-headedness have saved the day” (Shark Attack Survivor pg. 8) Bethany didn’t seem fazed by the attack nor her missing arm, “With strange calmness, Bethany stared at the stump on her shoulder where her arm used to be” (Shark Attack Survivor pg.6). Luckily she felt this, or her panic would of made her lose more blood than she

Bethany Hamilton Got bit by a shark when she was 13 years old. But she is one of the best surfers in the world. All though she got bit by a shark, she showed great resilience.

It all started when Bethany, Alana Blanchard, Alana’s Dad, and Alana’s brother where surfing at Hawi by a small island named Ha’en. After surfing a long day at the beach, they decided to take a stop and rest when all of the sudden she felt intense pressure on her board when a 14-foot Tiger shark attacked her. Bethany said,”"I was holding onto my board, with my thumb, because I probably didn't want to get pulled under. It was like pulling me back and forth, not like pulling me underwater. Just like, you know how you eat a piece of steak? It was kind of like that." Rushing her to shore, Alana’s Dad was calling the ambulance and her parents to come help her. They rushed her to the hospital while she was starting to get dizzy and pass out. Once she got to the hospital she lost sixty percent of her blood on her left arm and left with no skin. It was a very rough time for Bethany, but she had to deal with having no left arm for her whole life. Bethany had a struggle with her passion of surfing, she had no strength on getting up on the board with only one arm. So, everyday she practiced and practice to get better. Finally, she got a new board that helped her with the tough waves. After her incident in 2003 at 13 years old, Bethany was back to swimming and competed in the 2005 NSSA National Championships and then began competing on the Pro Circuit in 2007. Bethany is now twenty-seven years old and has a husband named

Shark! At 13 years of age, Bethany Hamilton was surfing with her friend and her family. While she was looking for a big wave a 15 ft. tiger shark came up out of the water and bit her left arm off. Despite the devastating attack, Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in achieving her surfing dream.

With her best friend and her best friend's dad and brother. When her left arm was bitten off by 1,400 pound tiger shark. After she had her attack, she returned surfing just 26 days after. Bethany didn’t think she would be able to return. She told CNN News” I was in the water and was just waiting for the next wave and felt a quick tug and then one more time then looked at the water that turned red quickly”. She instantly knew what she had been bitten by and what it was. She rushed back to shore and shortly after her friends joined her and about fifteen minutes later the ambulance showed. Early in the day her dad Thomas had been in surgery when he just got out of surgery and heard a nurse say they had a thirteen year old that got bitten by shark after waiting for over an hour in recovery he was able to go see Bethany. Bethany didn’t really know if she would be able to get back on the surfboard and continue her surfing career after she got attacked it’s not that she was scared she just didn’t know how she was going to do stuff. As much as she loved surfing she thought her career was over and all she wanted was to become a professional surfer but, she thought it wasn’t gonna happen

Nearly 40 percent of shark species are endangered of extinction. Even though Bethany Hamilton was bit by a shark she has a charity to help save the sharks and there habitat. Bethany Hamilton was a 13 year old surfer who was attacked by a 15 foot tiger shark. While in the hospital she made goals to get back on the board. Bethany showed great resilience in overcoming the tiger shark attack to achieve her surfing goal.

Previously, it wasn’t often that you would hear about shark attacks happening on the East Coast. The annual average of attacks in the area is 6, so understandably people are worried that the number has risen to 11 in only the past few months. You can be sure that you won’t see me on that coast for a while, however, I have a friend who’s family is stationed there and the concern for his child’s safety on the beach is growing with each attack (understandably so.)

“Past is past. On to bigger and better!” In 2003, Bethany Hamilton survived a shark attack. Bethany was in the water with her friends, a 15 foot shark bit her! She felt no pain. They called for help and rushed to the hospital. She has surgery, and is now living with one arm. Bethany Hamilton shower great resilience in overcoming a shark attack in order to achieve her surfing dream.

Due to the biological and ecological characteristics of sharks, they present an array of issues and challenges for fishery management and conservation. Many shark species are characterized by relatively late maturity, have slow growth and low reproductive rates (as they are Apex Predators), which can make them extremely vulnerable to overexploitation. Concern has grown over the past few years regarding the status of shark stocks and the sustainability of their numbers in the world of fisheries. As the demand for shark products such as shark fin soup increases, the number of shark’s species begin to decline as a result of the current trend.