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Do you think we should kill sharks2007-11-24 23:11:25

Should we just kill millions of sharks just cuz they kill 10 a year? WE are the ones invading the territory, so why are we killing them? Do you think that we should? Why so when you answer say yes or no, even maybe and WHY!!

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Of course we shouldn't kill sharks! That's preposterous. Shark attacks are incredibly rare, and I've found most attacks to be from stupidity. I live only eight miles from the ocean and the attacks on people here consistently have been on tourists. If tourists had asked the locals about the area they would have been told not to go into particular areas due to water conditions and seal populations. But of course, tourists never ask and they pay the consequences. I know that may seem calloused, but really, some people have no common-sense. Nature and we locals should not have to suffer because of some idiot.

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No! I think instead of killing/ hurting them we should build a net around the beaches in the water and give us a mile and a half out of shark free beach. But if you want to go snorkeling we'll just go out on a boat far.

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I think we should just stay the heck out of their ocean

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no if we did that there be too many seals.

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NO. Sharks are the major predator in the water, take them out to the equation what they NATURALLY eat in the oceans increases. For instance a certain shark eats jellyfish keeping their numbers in check but get rid of the shark and the jellyfish number increases and those allergic to the toxic sting or even stung by the most toxic jellyfish are in greater danger. An even better reason is the fact that when they began culling sharks in Hawaii after they had several attacks in one year, the number of sharks decreased but the attacks didn't stop. Sharks should remain the number one predator in the water, we humans already have the number one predator of the World marked on our foreheads.

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As a SCUBA diver and frequent acquaintance of sharks I don't advocate killing them for any reason except to stop an attack. People who are attacked by sharks are often times practicing high risk activities like swimming near fishermen using live bait or carrying speared fish or thrashing around in the water. I've swum(swam?) in close proximity to several species of sharks and have never felt threatened.