Essays Tagged: "Great white shark"

Sharks

k closed around the seal withan astounding 14,000 pounds of pressure, cutting the seal in half. The Great White sharkclaims another victim.1"Any one who's seen the famous movie series "Jaws" may look ... d uses a mix of fact andfiction in the series. This may have frightened many people into hating the Great Whitefor it's ferocity. It might have also been the size of the shark in the movie that's kept ...

(8 pages) 146 0 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

About all Sharks

est of cases complete fossil have been discovered. Scientific data shows that following a period of great physiological changes. There was not to many changes in the sharks fossil in the millions of y ... largest shark to ever swim the oceans is called the megalodon. Many think that it's ancestor to the great white shark however there is great controversy surrounding this matter. The size of the shark ...

(3 pages) 108 0 4.1 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

"Jaws" the Movie and its Effects.

de an incredible impact on my life would have to be any of the Jaws thrillers. This movie depicts a great white shark as an evil demon out for blood and gore. Many innocent trips into the ocean turned ... e attack. An innocent child is on a water raft and out of nowhere, close to shore, the bloodthirsty great white shark attacks. I can't even wade in knee deep water with out fear that I might be attack ...

(4 pages) 57 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

All About Sharks-seven paragraphs

est shark to ever swim the oceans is called the Megalodon. Many think that it is an ancestor to the great white shark; however, there is great controversy surrounding this matter. The size of the shar ... ecoming extinct.Sharks have an array of body forms. They can range from the popular sharks like the Great White with a typical body to the Hammerhead whose head is shaped like a hammer. A good example ...

(3 pages) 32 1 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

A SHARK

feed in groups they seem to go crazy and bite everything in sight, even each other.The teeth of the Great White Shark are as long as 2 inches and can tear off a human limb in one bite.Items found insi ...

(2 pages) 22 0 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

White Water is a descriptive essay about a journey on White water rafting.

n to keep our craft from smashing into the jagged rocks along the shore waiting to devour us like a great white shark. Our adrenaline is pumping as it does for anyone experiencing his or her first Whi ...

(3 pages) 29 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

"Jaws."

the summer season in threatened by a series of shark attacks three men are sent out to track down a great white shark.The three main (human) characters are Brody (Roy Scheider), the police chief, who ... n their swim back to shore on a makeshift raft.The groups that present themselves in this movie are great for psychological examples. We begin with the island itself and the inhabitants. I think that ...

(7 pages) 36 1 1.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Difference between Great whites and Tiger sharks: Some statistics and history of human death due to sharks

Tiger Shark vs. Great WhiteTiger sharks and Great Whites are alike in that they are both known to attack and in some ... of body compositions, and they have different areas in which they frequent or hunt.Tiger Sharks and Great Whites in that they are both known to attack humans. Both of these sharks hold responsibility ... o attack humans. Both of these sharks hold responsibility to most of the fatal attacks from sharks. Great whites account for about 1/2 to 1/3 of the attacks of which 10-15 people have died as a result ...

(5 pages) 23 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Avoiding Shark Attacks

e sloughs or channels, such as might occur between sandbars, and in waters that drop off steeply to greater depths.Never molest a shark of any kind, regardless of size.If you spot a sharkStay calm, as ... to life.The "newest" shark is the hammerhead, which first appeared about 25 million years ago. The great white shark dates back at least 60 million years.About half the world's 350 shark species grow ...

(2 pages) 24 2 4.2 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays

Tiger Shark essay, brief overview

s predator that can grow to pretty big sizes. It has tiger-like markings on a dark back with an off-white underbelly. Pups have spotted markings that grow together to form stripes that fade with matur ...

(1 pages) 17 1 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Great White Sharks

Although the great white shark species is responsible for an average of 2-3 non-fatal attacks on swimmers, surfer ... s each year, its role as a menace is exaggerated, being the most feared species of all sharks.Young great white sharks eat fish, rays, and other sharks. Adults eat larger prey, including pinnipeds, sm ... Sea, West Africa to Scandinavia, Japan, and the eastern coastline of China and southern Russia.The great white shark is a streamlined swimmer and a ferocious predator with 3,000 teeth at any one time ...

(1 pages) 16 0 2.5 Mar/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Sharks

percent of shark species will attack humans. Among the sharks, the most dangerous to humans are the great white shark, the hammerhead shark, the tiger shark, and the blue shark.Most sharks breed durin ...

(1 pages) 1261 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Why Do Sharks Attack Humans?

selves or retaliate.When a shark sees something that resemlbes their diet, they immediately attack. Great white sharks are known for this. They see divers or surfers and think they are seals. But once ...

(1 pages) 1156 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Nightmare

ightmare happened when I was about seven years old. It occurred after I watched the movie about the great white shark, Jaws. It was late at night and I couldn't sleep, I just lay in bed, thinking abou ...

(1 pages) 1544 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Nightmare1

ightmare happened when I was about seven years old. It occurred after I watched the movie about the great white shark, Jaws. It was late at night and I couldn't sleep, I just lay in bed, thinking abou ...

(2 pages) 1183 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Is Jealousy a Destructive Emotion?

McAndrew 7Works CitedGreat White Shark. November 2006. 2 April 2007. <www.greatwhiteshark.org/frame_attack.htm>.Jaw ... . Universal. 1975.Jost, Klaus. Wildlife & Natural & Underwater. 2005. <http://www.sharks.great-white-shark-underwater.jostimages.com/galerie/sharks/html>.Lumsden, Linda. "Preventing Bull ...

(1 pages) 16 0 3.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing