Which are more dangerous: sharks or humans?

Question 1

apex predator

Answer 1

predator (animal that hunts and eats other animals) at the top of a food chain because it has no natural predators of its own.

Today sharks should be the apex predators of the ocean, Instead, over 100 million sharks are caught and killed each year and, thanks to this overfishing, many shark species are now endangered.
‘Jaws’ made many people nervous about swimming in the sea, largely thanks to scenes in the movie showing the shark biting swimmers in a frenzy of teeth and blood.

Question 2

grudge

Answer 2

feeling of anger or hatred towards someone because of what they did to you in the past.
If you hold a grudge, you have feelings of anger towards someone because of something they did in the past.

unfortunately, in the movies of which you had a white shark that, apparently, had a grudge and would try to go after humans… well, nothing could be further from the truth than that.

Yet overfishing and the cruel practice of finning, cutting off shark fins to make exotic soups and returning the wounded creature to the sea to die, are threatening shark numbers. Which is why it’s tragic that so many of their species are facing extinction.

And the variety of shark species is incredible, from giants like the great white to the tiny dwarf lantern shark.

Question 3

nothing could be further from the truth

Answer 3

expression used to emphasise that something is not true at all.

unfortunately, in the movies of which you had a white shark that, apparently, had a grudge and would try to go after humans… well, nothing could be further from the truth than that.

this is nothing like the real behaviour of sharks in the wild. He says nothing could be further from the truth

Question 4

cartilage

Answer 4

strong flexible tissue which connects bones or joints in the bodies of living creatures.

Sharks’ characteristic design – their fin, teeth and skin – allows them to thrive in their natural environment.

If we look at the really successful features of sharks you’ve got to consider this cartilaginous skeleton – that’s no bone in the skeleton. That flexible material that the skeleton is made of enables sharks to be very agile, and it enables them to be athletic and it’s lightweight.

Yet overfishing and the cruel practice of finning, cutting off shark fins to make exotic soups and returning the wounded creature to the sea to die, are threatening shark numbers. Which is why it’s tragic that so many of their species are facing extinction.

And the variety of shark species is incredible, from giants like the great white to the tiny dwarf lantern shark.

Question 5

flexible

Answer 5

able to bend without breaking.

Sharks’ characteristic design – their fin, teeth and skin – allows them to thrive in their natural environment.

If we look at the really successful features of sharks you’ve got to consider this cartilaginous skeleton – that’s no bone in the skeleton. That flexible material that the skeleton is made of enables sharks to be very agile, and it enables them to be athletic and it’s lightweight.

Question 6

agile

Answer 6

able to move your body quickly and easily

Sharks’ characteristic design – their fin, teeth and skin – allows them to thrive in their natural environment.

If we look at the really successful features of sharks you’ve got to consider this cartilaginous skeleton – that’s no bone in the skeleton. That flexible material that the skeleton is made of enables sharks to be very agile, and it enables them to be athletic and it’s lightweight.

Yet overfishing and the cruel practice of finning, cutting off shark fins to make exotic soups and returning the wounded creature to the sea to die, are threatening shark numbers. Which is why it’s tragic that so many of their species are facing extinction.

And the variety of shark species is incredible, from giants like the great white to the tiny dwarf lantern shark.