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
Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides. Peter Benchley fallregularlyreputation Change image and 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
I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs. Peter Benchley dinosaurfascinateimplicitly Change image and 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
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
Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. Peter Benchley earthlifeocean Change image and share on social
We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them. Peter Benchley chatendlesslyfable Change image and share on social
I don't think there's such a thing as an unprovoked shark attack. Peter Benchley attacksharkthing Change image and share on social
