Attacks Against Bull Sharks

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There you are, swimming in the ocean minding your own business, when everybody starts yelling to get out of the water. You obey, but not before glancing over your shoulder to see a gray fin steadily moving towards you. You quicken your pace and the fin quickens its. The fin emerges from the water showing a shark! The shark sinks its razor sharp teeth into your flesh, and you see your blood cloud the water. Has this situation ever happened to you? Chances say no. According to the Florida Museum of Natural History there are only 50-70 shark attacks every year and only about five out of those people actually die. If you think about how many people go the beach each year that’s extremely rare. You’re 15 times more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than by a shark. Have you ever heard of someone being killed by a falling coconut? No. But we do hear about every shark death. Sharks rarely attack us and they do so only when threatened, yet in the past decade we’ve killed over 100 million sharks per year Sharks should also be protected because they keep the ocean’s delicate food chain balanced. For example, people have been overfishing Bull Sharks on the U.S East Coast. Because the Bull Sharks are disappearing, their main prey the Cownose Ray’s numbers are multiplying. Cownose Ray’s main prey are …show more content…
Shark fin soup is a great delicacy in China. The soup isn’t known for taste but as a status symbol to show off your wealth. A single bowl of shark fin soup can cost $300. The demand for this soup has been growing because the wealth in China has been growing. For centuries only a few people could afford this soup, but today millions of people in China can afford this luxury. While the demand for shark fin soup has skyrocketed so has the price. The dorsal and pectoral fins of a great white shark can sell for thousands of dollars
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