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Shark tales have been partly responsible for Selachophobia which is an obsessive and uncontrollable fear of sharks through the years. Let’s just say that movies such as Jaws and Deep Blue Sea also contributed to this phobia and the amount of people that are now affected by it. One of the main problems that the Hollywood versions contributed to is the image of sharks as stalkers and cold blooded killers.

As the fact that sharks are considered being cold blood killers, well, let’s analyze this statement to figure out if it is an active member of the shark tales or if it is mainly based on facts. First of all, most sharks are cold blooded, to the exceptions of certain shark species such as the Salmon shark which in some cases make this statement a fact. So, I guess “Jaws� is cold blooded as it was a great white shark.

Now, let’s look at the “killer� part of the term “cold blooded killer�. When you consider the fact that sharks must kill living beings, big or small, from plankton to seals, their main purpose being to feed themselves for survival, then I would call them killers just the same as humans who will kill animals to feed themselves.

If on the other hand, you mean to use the term “cold blooded killer� when talking about sharks, using this term as killing for the purposes of power and taking a life just because they enjoy killing well, you are wrong. In fact, hunters and prize fishermen correspond to this category compared to sharks.

In reality, the facts about sharks that have been discovered by experts show that the brain of the shark is not able of thinking things through, revenge or just to be proud of killing a prey of a certain size like humans do. Humans are the only ones that even show off the head of their prey on the wall.

In fact, sharks do not care for the bony humans. While unprovoked attacks do happen, while rare, they are mainly caused either to protect themselves or simply by confusing humans with a favorite prey such as a seal. So, now we can confirm the fact that sharks are not “cold blooded killers�, they mainly feed to survive. As a result, we can consider this statement as another one of these shark tales.

Now, are sharks stalkers or is it another one of these shark tales? Well, if you think of hunting for food as stalking, well I guess that you would say that sharks are stalkers as they are stalking their prey. If on the other hand you mean that sharks are stalking humans like the great white shark did in the movie “Jaws� and its sequels then I would say no. Why? It is simply because sharks’ brain is not designed for the thinking process or even seeking revenge, it is just too small. Hollywood’s magic is responsible for this attribute in their sea monster. In some of Jaws’ sequels, the storyline even implied that the shark or sharks were seeking revenge. Well, when you consider only the facts and the shark anatomy you know that these attributes are coming from human imagination, not reality.

My name is Sylvie Leochko. The movies “Jaws� and “Deep Blue Sea� are amongst the Hollywood creations that made people believe that sharks can be stalkers. Is this another one of these shark tales? If you wish to learn more about shark tales, I encourage you to visit the following main page: http://sharks.findoutnow.org/shark-tales.html .