Millions of television watching the surfing championships in South Africa witnessed a that seemed straight out of a horror film. While sitting on his surfboard waiting to compete, surfer Nick Fanning was attacked by a great white shark on live television. Or was he? In plain sight, viewers saw the shark slowly from the water and at his surfboard. Fanning naturally started in the water to get away from the shark, but as rushed to the scene, the shark swam away.
Further review of the suggests that perhaps the shark was not at all, and more likely just . Scientists now think that sharks use their teeth to the way humans use their fingers or cats use their to poke or an unknown object. What is unclear to researchers is the nature of most shark . Are the sharks being aggressive or just ? Data shows that when a shark bites a human, it is more to swim away than continue the attack. Most shark “attacks” do not in a fatality.
Still, sharks are creatures and can be deadly. The most sharks are bull sharks and mako sharks, although attacks are incredibly . These sharks are thought to be aggressive because humans are the same size as seals, one of their main in the water. Other sharks, such as the hammerhead shark or nurse shark, usually only attack when . Still, other sharks, like the whale shark, a giant, are no threat to humans.
The same cannot be said for sharks . While there are fewer than 10 reported human from sharks each year, millions of sharks are killed by humans in commercial or activities. Steven Spielberg, the director of the famous film Jaws, has stated he regrets sharks in such a dangerous manner. Perhaps he just got the roles .