An Informative Essay On Great White Sharks

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Great White Sharks Do you know the real facts behind white sharks? I once thought that sharks were evil or something, until I found out the truth behind sharks. Great white sharks are just a regular creature that are misunderstood from what they really are. White sharks are now becoming endangered thanks to humans that misunderstand them. According to Peter Benchmen’s article “Sharks” he stated that the only reason a shark may attack somebody is because the person looks like a wounded fish, turtle, and ect. to a shark. There are 375 species of sharks and only 24 species can be dangerous to humans. People just misunderstand things in this world like sharks. Sharks are just a normal creature that is just living like any other ordinary

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