Jumping the shark

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,…

Inexplicitly, the narrator states how nature can be both beautiful and deadly through her experience with the alligator. The alligator’s actions are described with vicious comparisons, for example flailing it’s tail like a “bundle of swords” and “crushing everything in its path.” These are some great utilization of similes so the reader can picture the ferociousness of the alligator. The narrator is puzzled because she is only quenching her thirst at a river and suddenly this animal threatens…

Declined in shark population breaks stability of The marine ecosystem The shark, the predator that stands on top of the food chain. However, its number has declined since the 1970s due to human destruction, and it will affect the stability of the food chain (Dudley, and Cliff 243-255). For instance, in Aldo Leopold’s paper, A Sand County Almanac, he claims each specie’s importance in the food chain is the link to the other specie “The lines of dependency for food and other services are called…

Stop Shark-Finning! Why kill a whole shark for its fins in order to make shark fin soup, a tasteless and expensive soup just to impress your friends? Every year human beings kill over 102 million sharks while less than 10 people are killed by sharks, yet we call them bloody killers (Fairclough 1). This has created a drastic reduction in their numbers, and it is feared that it may lead to their extinction, causing a life imbalance on the planet’s ecosystem. Governments and environmental…

People should stop eating or consuming shark fin soup Do you agree fin soup is unhealthy ? Does it effect the environment? How many sharks being killed because of fin soup ? Shark finning is the process of cutting sharks fins and make soup from it is known as shark fin soup it is considered as a part of Chinese culture while test come from soup ingredients. It is commonly served at special occasions such as weddings or as luxury item in Chinese culture . Sharks finings is harmful for…

The Dream Sea Imagine a sea where the sharks are the leaders. They boss in almost everything, however, to limit their powers, there are also other two groups of leaders: the whales, which judge all fishes' and sharks´ acts as right, wrong, fair or unfair, and the turtles, which are the wisest; they are responsible for determining the ideals of every habitant of the ocean. The three groups can limit the powers of one another, and the sharks are chosen by the population. In this…

Most people wouldn't dare to get into shark infested water, let alone cageless, in open water known as “Tiger(shark) Beach” and certainly not without prior shark dive experience...but Glen Hodges defied the majority by doing exactly so. Tiger sharks, “the species responsible for more recorded attacks on humans than any shark except the great white” (88) fill the open water of Tiger Beach and Hodges planned to get up close and personal with them during his dives to see in fact how dangerous this…

Shark Culling Specific Purpose Statement: To explore the topic of shark culling, specifically finning sharks and shark bans in relation to its environmental, economic and cultural impact on the surrounding communities. Thesis: After being educated on the measures being taken to end shark culling, I would like to explore the culture, economic affect and shark prevention programs to better understand the impact that all of the policies create in their respective environments. Introduction…

Sharks… They’re ferocious, aggressive, scary and interesting. Recently, few of today’s news tackle on shark attacks, discovery of shark species, or articles about Katy Perry’s shark back up dancers. Maybe, the sharks felt that we celebrated Shark Week, so they should be doing something to call our attention. Or maybe they’re just playing us? Hmm.. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/im-proud-my-backup-aaron-harris?trk=mp-reader-card Sharks are usually found in the depths of the ocean and seas.…

dreaded shark attacks that Santiago endures. One could argue that if the old man would have taken different precautions he would have had a better outcome catching or preserving the fish. However, Santiago understands why the event of the shark attacks happened, which makes it clear that he was not defeated although the marlin was mutilated by the sharks. He did, however have an opposite type of relationship with the sharks that was deconstructive. To begin with, the text suggests, “The shark…