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 From: dabel@sonic.net 
  
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  The Real Bev  wrote: 
  
 > Rod Speed wrote: 
  
 > > If it does eat us, we can still eat it too, most obviously with sharks. 
 > 
 > Once a shark has eaten you, I'd say you're pretty much screwed if you want 
 to 
 > eat it back. 
  
 ObPedantic:  Sharks generally do not eat people.  However, they have 
 poor vision.  When they see a surfboarder in an attractive black wet 
 suit, they think "seal".  Seals have a thick layer of fat under their 
 black skin, which keeps them warm, as mammals like to do.  In addition, 
 they hang out near the surface, like surfboarders, as both breath air. 
 Sharks like to take a big bite on the seal, and then retreat so the seal 
 can't fight back.  Once the seal has weakened sufficiently from the 
 bite, the shark can finish their meal at their leisure.  Even though 
 sharks don't see well, they have an excellent sense of taste.  As soon 
 as they bite a surfboarder, they discover that there is no thick fat 
 layer, and the "skin" tastes like rubber. 
  
 So, there are shark bites, but many people live through them because the 
 shark just isn't interested in eating some scrawny human with rubber 
 skin. 
  
 -- 
 Dan Abel 
 Petaluma, California USA 
 dabel@sonic.net 
  
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