Kate Solomon

Sharks are freakin terrifying. I don’t know if it’s just that Jaws messed me up good and proper or if my fear is built-in, but when I’m cautiously tip-toeing into the sea I’m 15% afraid of stepping on a crab/pointy rock, 85% convinced a great white is lurking close by, eyeing me up as a tasty between-meal snack. Look how scary they are – just look ->

So it’s with great distress that I impart to you the following news:

Great white sharks do not aimlessly wander the ocean waiting to stumble upon their next meal. Instead, the biggest sharks identify a location from which to strike, and then search the surrounding killing zone for their next victim. That suggests that the sharks use a premeditated hunting strategy akin to that used by some human serial killers.

Panic with me now people. We’re all going to go the way of Samuel L in Deep Blue Sea – eaten by a shark when you least expect it.

COULD HAPPEN.

For light shark-related relief, have a flick through the stills from Deep Blue Sea – filming that must have been utterly hilarious.

via BBC Earth News