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Yeah, I don't think of sharks unless I'm at the aquarium. They aren't evil, they are just acting in their sharkiness which is what they are as creatures. I reserve the word evil for the Republicans and everyone in this current administration.

Majestic animals with just as much an important value as any animal. It very intelligent for a fish. Was once thought that sharks do not get cancer [blogs.scientificamerican.com]

Love them, especially Whale and Mako!

There's nothing evil about them. They are efficient, deadly predators that do exactly what they've evolved to do, and they are good at it.

Top level predators are an environmental necessity.

It's weird how we prioritize our fears. Vending machines and cows each kill far more humans than sharks do.

There's nothing evil about them. They are efficient, deadly predators that do exactly what they've evolved to do, and they are good at it.

Top level predators are an environmental necessity.

It's weird how we prioritize our fears. Vending machines and cows each kill far more humans than sharks do.

Sharks; a six letter word for teeth?

To date, no shark has ever broken into my home and stolen stuff, mugged me, nicked my bike, tried to run me over, made a racist/homophobic/misogynist comment, been deliberately cruel, committed a rape, started a war or conducted genocide.

I like them a lot more than I like humans.

Sharks: an ancient lineage of cartilaginous fish (their only bones are in their in jaws); today there are about 750 species in the class, which also includes skates and rays; some lay an egg called a mermaid's purse, others bear live young; all have a cloaca; all have sensors in their skin that can detect the electric fields generated by muscle contractions in other fish; apex predator; first evolved about 450 million year ago; biggest ever was Carcarodon megalodon (up to 60 feet long), which went extinct around 18 (?) million years ago (its closest living relative is the great white shark). Sharks are horribly over-fished for sharkfin soup and cartilage supplement pills (criminally wasteful). If they are wiped out, the whole marine trophic structure will become unbalanced and marine biodiversity will crash. 30% of all protein consumed by humans comes from the sea. Do the math.

I like them and they should be left alone, as all wildlife!

They are amazing creatures, but I would never get in a tank to swim with any

Amazing creatures. Oldest known shark skeleton is 420 million years old. Probably be around long after we're gone.

More people eat shark than sharks eat people.

I don't see them as good or evil. I see them for what they are. And that is a marine predator who has evolved into one of Earth's perfect killing machines. They fill the same ecological niche that wolves do on land to help control the population of prey animals.

with or without tartar sauce?

I read somewhere that you’re more likely to be killed by a cow than a shark...

I think they are menacing and magnificent

They taste good!

A large fish with sharp teeth like any fish always hungry

I think I will give them their space.

They are majestic creatures, beautiful to watch

Normal folk going about their business like everyone else. No good, no evil, just doing what they do!