Man Eating Shark
Attacks
A shark attack is an attack on humans
by sharks. Every year, a number of people are attacked by sharks, although death
is quite unusual. Despite the relative rarity of shark attacks, the fear of
sharks is a common phenomenon, having been fueled by the occasional instances of
attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and by horror fiction
and films, such as the Jaws series. Many shark experts feel that the danger
presented by sharks has been exaggerated, and even the creator of the Jaws
phenomenon, the late Peter Benchley, attempted to dispel the myth of sharks
being man-eating monsters in the years before his death.
In 2000, the year with the most recorded shark attacks, there were 79 shark
attacks reported worldwide, 11 of them fatal. In 2005 and 2006 this number
decreased to 61 and 62 respectively, while the number of fatalities dropped to
only four per year. Of these attacks, the majority occurred in the United
States. The New York Times reported in July 2008 that there had been only one
fatal attack in the previous year. Despite these reports, however, the actual
number of fatal shark attacks worldwide remains uncertain. For the majority of
second and third world coastal nations there exists no method of reporting
suspected shark attacks therefore losses and fatalities at near-shore or sea
there often remain unsolved or unpublicized.
John West Salmon
John West Salmon is a brand of salmon previously owned by the Lehman Brothers
banking group before they became insolvent. The company is now owned by
Barclays. They are perhaps best known for their successful "John West Bear
Fight" marketing campaign. In November 2006 the BBC reported that the "Bear
Fight" videos had been viewed over 300 million times, making it the sixth most
viewed video
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