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Returning The Favor
Returning the Favor ?
One of the worst things about a fatal shark attack is the how the helpless victim must feel. A life has been needlessly taken away in a random act by a nearly mindless killer. But can we really get revenge?
Really, how do you avenge a shark attack ? And what’s the point ? And your first task is nearly impossible — finding your shark. Sharks are known for traveling great distances, sometimes over 40 miles in a day. The chances that you’ll find the killer in the same area are extremely poor. Fishing for the culprit is extremely unlikely to be effective.
The movie Jaws characterizes a shark with a personality. A hunting machine gone slightly haywire, this fictional shark is bent towards seeking out human flesh as its prey. It seems as if this film has framed the real sharks as killers with attitudes.
Humans are generally attacked by mistake or out of curiosity. In fact, a shark that attacks a human is unlikely to do it again. Maybe we just don’t taste very well! Who really thinks that we should go out and hunt down a shark after it attacks someone? To me, that borders on absurdity.

