Feeding grounds

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Sep 15th 2008
From Economist.com

Where shark attacks are most common


LARGE sharks, such as the Great White and Tiger, generally prey on big marine mammals. So seals and dolphins as well as large fish and turtles need to keep an eye open at all times. But most shark attacks on humans are thought to be the result of mistaken identity—hapless bathers and seals apparently look much the same to these giant predators of the deep. But if you don't want to fall prey to a shark (and the chances are fairly remote anyway) some places are safer than others according to data stretching back over 400 years from the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File. Sharks don't much like colder northern and southern waters but global warming may yet extend the range of these inadvertent man-eaters.