A documentary video delving into the horrors of shark finning, into the adverse tolls amassed by the human incursion, and lastly into the misunderstood, largely unknown nature of sharks.

"We provoke a shark every time we enter the water sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory– it's theirs."

– Peter Benchley, Jaws, 1974

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Sources:

Angela, A. & P. & Recchi, A. L. (1997). Sharks! Predators of the sea. Philadelphia, PA: Courage Books, an imprint of Running Press Books Publishing.

Benchley, P. (1974). Jaws. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.

Benchley, P. (2002). Shark trouble. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.

Mahr, K. (2010, August 9). Shark-fin soup and the conservation challenge. Time Magazine Health. Retrieved from website: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2021071,00.html

Stewart, R. (2006). Sharkwater. Canada: Freestyle Releasing.

The reality of shark finning. Retrieved from website: http://www.sharkfriends.com/sharks/sharkfinning.html

Shark finning. Humane Society International. Retrieved from website: http://www.hsi.org/issues/shark_finning/

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Other Sources:

Beached white shark in Cape Cod (original video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p444Zf-gcHU

Thumbnail image: http://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sharkfin.jpg

Outro song:
Theme from Jaws by John Williams

Full essay (text): https://www.minds.com/blog/view/653775631179329547