Sharon Guynup's What Do You Know About Sharks

Ted Danson, a famous American actor, once said,”Many people continue to think of sharks as man-eating beasts. Sharks are enormously powerful and wild creatures, but you’re more likely to be killed by your kitchen toaster than a shark!”. The odds of being killed by a shark is 1 in 3,748,067 as stated by thewildlifemuseum.com and if the world continues to kill sharks, they will disappear from our ecosystem and topple the food chain. In the articles, “What Do You Know About Sharks?” by Sharon Guynup and “Great White Sharks” by Peter Benchley along with the the infographic by Discovery called “Status of The Shark” support the claim that sharks should be protected. Although others may have divergent perspectives, it is clear that sharks should be …show more content…
In the text, “What Do You Know About Sharks” is an informational text written by Sharon Guynup conveying many facts to the reader to give them more information about sharks. Sharks are species that produce children at an old age which is a problem society cannot fix. Nobody thinks “Hey! I’m killing a species that has a major role in the ecosystem! I shouldn’t do that!”. The oceanic ecosystem gives the human race food and overpopulation and underpopulation can ruin that. Then the oceanic ecosystem might affect the overland ecosystem. Some may say, “but what to sharks contribute to our world? What do they do that is so important that we shouldn’t be able to kill them?” and the answer actually is very important. Sharks are apart of our ecosystem. They have lived in the ocean for many years. If a species just disappears, that will definitely affect the food chain. There will be overpopulation and underpopulation and the whole food chain would be destroyed. It is clear that sharks should be protected because sharks help keep the ecosystem in-tact and if they are gone, there would be dire