Monday, June 17, 2019

News reading 5- The news post I read, talks about how shark attacks have gotten worse in the upcoming years. It explains how the attacks have to do with how, in the water we look more like their prey than anything. Surfers especially. Since their usual prey splashes as much as surfers do, they think they're prey. In 2019 total, there have been 36 shark attacks around the world. But the main thing that's been noticed is that most of the sharks attacks that have happened throughout the past years have been provoked. There's also a variety of sharks that have made the attacks. Not just great whites. Tiger and bull sharks, mako, nurse, lemon, and spinner sharks have also been the causes of attacks through the years. Something people can start to do to better the "already low chances" of getting in a shark attack is staying out of a known shark nursery ground. Avoid swimming during or after storms, it makes the water more cloudy and churn up the bait fish which lead to "shark feeding frenzies." Don't swim during dawn or dusk. There's a very low chance that people get into shark attacks, but there are also many reasons for why people are attacked. Splashing too much, provoking sharks, swimming in areas that you probably shouldn't and at certain times of the day. If you know it's a time of day that chances are higher for sharks to be around then you probably shouldn't be swimming.

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