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Term Paper Title	Sharks
# of Words	1998
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	7.99

Sharks

Sharks

     "It’s tail swayed slowly from side to side, pushing the hunters body
through the murky water.  All signs of motion were non-existant, except for the
rhythmic movement of the water over the five gill slits on either side of it’s
head.  Slowly gaining speed, the shady figures unmoving eyes fixed on it’s
target, a lost harbor seal pup.  As the distance between the predator and it’s
prey grew closer, the jaws of the massive fish drew forward, exposing nearly
eight rows of razor sharp teeth.  Strings of it’s previous meal hung in rows
from between it’s teeth.  Sensing danger, the harbor seal frantically tried to
find a place to seek refuge, but it was too late.  The jaws of the shark closed
around the seal with an astounding 14,000 pounds of pressure, cutting the seal
in half.  The Great White shark claims another victim.1"
     Any one who’s seen the famous movie series "Jaws" may look at the Great
White Shark in a similar manner.  Perhaps it’s the way that Hollywood uses a mix
of fact and fiction in the series.  This may have frightened many people into
hating the Great White for it’s ferocity.  It might have also been the size of
the shark in the movie that’s kept thousands of people off the beaches and out
of the water.  Better yet, it could have been the overall storyline:  A Great
White shark with an eating disorder and a taste for human flesh.  Perhaps that’s
what is keeping vacationers from grabbing their trousers and snorkels.
     Over all, there have been 1026 attacks on humans by sharks in the last
ten years. Only 294 of these attacks have been linked to Great White sharks.
That’s roughly the number of people who drown each year in swimming accidents.
Of these 294 attacks, less than eighteen percent were fatal.  Out of the
eighteen fatal incidents more than seventy percent was contributed to loss of
blood.  This means that the shark didn’t kill the victim. The shark bit the
victim and then released them (also known as the taste test).  The shark samples
the victim by nibbling on an appendage or two often resulting in a severed
artery or other major blood vessel. Therefore, the Great White should be
considered a mantaster not a maneater.
     This intrigued scientists considering the size of the sharks brain.  The
Great Whites brain is about one half the size of a dogs.  Over seventy percent
of the brain is used for tracking prey.  The other thirty percent is used for
body functions.  Studies show that the sharks main purpose is to eat....

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