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 From: bashley101@gmail.com 
  
 Dan Abel wrote: 
  
 > In article , 
 >  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. 
  
 Come on, get real, we all saw 'Jaws'.  One bite is enough! 
  
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