are more sharks being killed than are being replenished in our oceans? i think so. you know, the rate of over 100 million sharks a year being killed is far faster than we can replenish them. we know from research in most countries, most oceans around the world that shark populations are plummeting from baselines of just a few decades ago. and this is one of the greatest fisheries crisis we re faces. a lot of people, i think, are complacent in that. they look and think of a shark that the only good shark is a dead shark. that s not really true. andy, would you say it s about changing our image of what a shark is? i know there was an animated movie shark tale that came out a few years ago south florida yes. again, he was a good guy and i think maybe people need to change their perception. certainly. it s a good point that the hammerhead population, in the northeastern atlantic has dropped by over 90% in the last
in i mean, it s really that s more the case than they actually attack and eat, swallow, digest a human being. right? correct. the usual case is the shark sees the human and swims the opposite direction. less than 100 attacks per year worldwide. last year, 61 attacks, 5 fatalities. you re far more likely to get hit by lightning on the beach than by a shark. yes, sometimes when sharks come to investigate, it s usually a case of mistaken identity. thinks you might be a seal, come up, take one bite. they do come back and eat you. it s mike me and pate. it s disgusting. you ve been back in the water. most people would take up golf. you ve swum in the bahamas. i ve been to jamaica. and swam in the ocean? yes. you are now affiliated with each other. i want to learn what you ve done since this attack. you know, people, it s always different what they chose to do after they have a life-changing
no. not necessarily. i mean, sharks can certainly out-swim human beings and can sense panic. so probably the best thing to do is try and stay calm and turn around and face that shark. i have to say, ali, every time there s a shark attack or two every summer, people declare it the summer of the shark. that s a mistake. this does happen but it happens so infrequently. people are afraid of being attacked by sharks then they should be afraid of being hit by lightning. that happens more often. they should buy a lot of lottery tickets because you re more likely to win the lottery often times than get attacked by a shark. last week in yellowstone three campers were attacked by a grizzly bear. one of them was killed. we re not calling it the year of the bear. while it s grizzly and our fear of sharks taps into the primal fear of the unknown, the darkness beneath us we don t know, we have to understand it s
it s shark week on tv and in real life. the discovery channel s promoting its 23rd annual shark week just as sharks are being spotted off the coast of massachusetts and new jersey. yesterday a 37-year-old woman s arm was shredded in a shark attack in florida. joining us, andy dehart, discovery channel shark adviser and marine biologist for shark week. krishna thompson is a shark attack survivor, celebrating his wedding anniversary with his wife in the bahamas, he lost his leg when a shark tore into him. philip philippe cousteau, he s the president of earth eco international and grandson of jacques cousteau.
take a bite, aren t interested and leave. i mean, it s really that s more the case than they actually attack and eat, swallow, digest a human being. right? correct. the usual case is the shark sees the human and swims the opposite direction. less than 100 attacks per year worldwide. last year, 61 attacks, 5 fatalities. you re far more likely to get hit by lightning on the beach then attacked by a shark. yes, sometimes when sharks come to investigate, it s usually a case of mistaken identity. thinks you might be a seal, come up, take one bite. they do not come back and eat you. it s like me with pate, it s disgusting. you ve been back in the water. most people would take up golf. you ve swum in the bahamas. i ve been to jamaica. and swam in the ocean? yes. you are now affiliated with each other. i want to learn what you ve done since this attack. you know, people, it s always different what they chose to do after they have a life-changing