A fisherman sits in his boat on the open sea, alone save for the fish below the water’s surface. The calmness of the ocean is disrupted by something underneath, something big. Fear seeps through the fisherman’s heart as he sees the shiny gray dorsal fin pierce the sun-glinted surface of the ocean. The creature stops its ritual and pulls its head out of the water, revealing the face of a great white: scars from countless battles in the ocean’s depths, a mouth full of lethal daggers, and dark, savage eyes. This image is what a majority of people believe to be the shark. They believe it to be the bloodthirsty sea monster that appears in countless works of literature and films, but science says otherwise. The classic picture painted by the …show more content…
At that point, Shark Man takes a shortcut to the beach and changes into a shark, proceeding to kill and devour any person who did not heed his advice. (Peachin 4) Despite the violent Hawaiian stories, sharks were not always seen as murderous creatures. According to local tradition of the Solomon Islands, if a man had create power during his lifetime, that power would carry over after his death. That man would become a tindalo, a powerful spirit. His image would be displayed at a sacred spot that was associated with him during his lifetime. According to the legend, a tindalo did not stay deceased; he could decide to inhabit another living creature, including a shark. (Peachin 6) In Vietnam, the shark was held in high esteem. The whale shark was called Lord Fish, and its bones were taken to selected temples and given sacred burials. In the Fiji islands, the high chiefs were believed to be the direct descendants of the shark god Dakuwaqa. The ancient Japanese used to pay homage to Shark Man, called Same-Hito, the god of storms. (Peachin 7) Most ancient cultures did not have direct access to sharks, and relied on stories brought to them by fishermen returning from the ocean. What little information the fisherman gave to their fellow people earned sharks an undeserved reputation. (Peachin 7) Sharks remained a mystery for most people until the summer of 1916, when a shark killed several people who were swimming on the New Jersey
Sharks, the scariest, biggest, baddest creatures! That's what we make them out to be, but are they really? The answer is no, we say that. We kill more of them than they kill of us, about 900,094 more. Sharks, being carnivores, are NOT natural predators of humans.
Sharks have been creatures that can date back to over 450 billion years, and have survived through all disaster and still live on Earth today. This is a great feat for anything to stay in existence for that amount of time, and hopefully sharks can continue to live on this Earth and not go extinct. There are hundreds if not thousands of species of shark from when they first swam Earth’s oceans to when they continue to swim the same oceans. The study of sharks is a very interesting and extraordinary topic, being able to put together images of what sharks used to look like compared to sharks now is just amazing. In this vast amount of time sharks have spent on this Earth there has been many things that has changed, through evolution and adaptation. Through research and personal opinion I plan to show how sharks have evolved, what has changed through evolution and the history of
Thomas Benz 8/24/15 Per.2 R.A. #1 1.) Santiago is an old fisherman who is the main character in the story. 2.) Manolin is Santiago's friend, he also fished with him before he got bad luck.
Thanks to the movie Jaws, many people are scared of sharks. Seeing a fin in the water terrifies all but the most experienced of beach goers. Sadly, this perception means that most do not really care if the sharks are hunted to extinction or not. However, society’s opinion on sharks needs to change if we want any hope of saving the world’s oceans. Sharks, as an apex predator, are an important part of the ocean’s food chain.
A rogue shark, likewise recognised as a man-eating shark, is a creature that performs irregular. They grow a taste for human complexion and
The documentary SharkWater follows underwater photographer, Rob Stewart, as he shares his passion for sharks and how they are not as dangerous as they seem. In the documentary, Stewart talks about how sharks are some of the world’s oldest species. Throughout history and in the media, sharks have been depicted as monsters whose only purpose to kill. Stewart shares that this is not the case. Sharks are more scared of humans than we are of them and it is unlikely that a shark would approach someone in the water.
There were sharks during the Jarrassic Period about 150 million years ago. Megalodon means big tooth. It was the biggest, most powerful shark to ever have lived. It is said that the Megalodon grew up to seventy feet in length. That is as long as three great white sharks! Scientist believe that it might have weighed up to 114 tons. Picture that being 1 adult male African elephants. I believe it could have swallowed a school bus Another ancient shark is called Cladoselache. It lived around 380 million years ago. There have been many of these sharks fossils found in North America.
One of human’s biggest fears when going to the beach is being attacked by a shark. Researchers have been trying to discover new ways to stop the sharks from getting too close to the beaches. KwaZulu-Natal has discovered a plan to help. In addition, Eric Stroud has come up with a plan to prevent shark attacks. You could consider sharks as predators, yet with further exploration sharks are also victims of human.
Sharks are one of the most feared carnivores in the sea. There are 365 species of of sharks in the sea as we know today. All sharks are carnivores. Most of them eat live fish, including other sharks. A shark's most common natural enemy is an another shark. Most sharks eat their prey whole, or they tear off large chunks of the bodies. Some sharks crush their prey. Others take out small pieces off flesh from large fish. Sharks also feed on dead or dying animals. Sharks have the reputation of attacking human beings. But less than 100 shark attacks a year are reported throughout the world. Sharks are most common in warm seas and oceans. Whale sharks, are the largest shark known to man. Sharks are classified in the order
In Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, the protagonist is an old fisherman named Santiago. He is poor and has gone over two months without catching a fish. On his eighty-fifth day, he hooks a gigantic marlin. After a long struggle, Santiago manages to best the marlin and kill the fish, but on the way home, sharks seeking his enormous catch attack the fisherman. Despite Santiago’s attempts to repel the predators, the marlin is stripped clean of its flesh.
Sharks are known to be dangerous, but they aren’t as bad as people make them to be. Starting with, movies misinforming you about sharks by making them seem like all they do is kill and eat people when really they don’t want anything to do with humans. Second, people think that sharks kill a lot of people yearly when 100 million sharks die by humans per year. Also a lot of people do die each year by shark attacks, but sharks don’t mean to eat or bite you which leads me to my next supporting sentence. Sharks do not eat humans we people aren’t on sharks menus the only reason they attack you is because they mistake you as a fish and plus people are swimming in their environment. So what else do you expect they are like us humans who wouldn’t want
Did you know that sharks have been here longer than us humans? Sharks have been swimming the oceans for hundreds to millions of years before the first humans are said to have appeared on land. Unfortunately the shark population has been decreasing due to the shark fishing market. People have often thought sharks as predators to the human race; but truthfully, we should fear living in a world with no sharks. Occasionally, over 100 million sharks are killed by humans. These sharks are killed for their fins most of the time, which are considered to be one of the most expensive seafood delicacies in China. However the ways of attaining these fins have caused controversies all over the world.
have been watching and following movies about sharks would always see the sharks as predators or slayers in the water. Nobody would usually think and consider a shark as a victim. Aside from the shark, the dolphins have also been vying to take the lead and be the supreme head of the ocean. However, a regular dolphin will not match a great white shark. But, looking back, there is this one brave dolphin known as the “killer whale” that have killed and devoured large sharks like Mako and other great white sharks. Orca used his tail to create currents which brings the shark to the surface; Orca then hit the shark with its tail. Furthermore, a group of Orcas can enclose or holds the shark and by attacking and going after the shark’s belly. When the shark turns upside down, the shark experiences “tonic immobility”. The shark loses control, stops fighting and becomes the delicious meal of the Orcas.
Mo slips into the water, swims over to his shark, grabs onto the shark’s tail and together they swam in the ocean. Suddenly the shark stops, turns to Mo and they look into each other’s sad eyes. Mo isn’t certain, but he’s positive he sees two big tears slip from the hug eyes of his shark. Mo holds onto his shark and together, there in the ocean, they cry together knowing there time together is almost over. Mo try’s explaining to his shark that he must let him go or risk his family taking him for food. Mo swims to the gate of his shark’s pen, opens the gate and gives Mote the shark once last hug and urges him to swim
there is the mention of twenty seconds being the time the shark takes to bypass him through, and the repetition of sail after sail, regarding its fin and tail above the water. The metaphor evaluating fin and tail to sails gives us the impact of considerable surface areas and the form is likewise well evoked.