Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. Peter Benchley earthlifeocean Change image and share on social
We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can't begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member. Peter Benchley angerbegincatastrophic share on social
There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back holding the bloody heads of these animals and say, 'Look what I did.' But they've been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years anyway. Peter Benchley animalbackbloody share on social
Almost any shark, three or four feet long, could kill a human being if it chose to do it. It could make you bleed to death. But they don't. Peter Benchley bleedchoosedeath Change image and share on social
Because the Asian market is so omnivorous, it affects all the shark populations up and down the Central and South American coast, and to a certain extent the East Coast of the United States as well. Peter Benchley affectamericanasian Change image and share on social
Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks. Peter Benchley agoknowshark Change image and share on social
Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides. Peter Benchley fallregularlyreputation Change image and share on social
I've never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins. Peter Benchley creaturehavehurt Change image and share on social
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct. Peter Benchley extinctforestlearn Change image and share on social
