I’m pretty sure you’ve all seen jaws and let’s just say I wouldn’t want to be in the water right after seeing it either. What a lot of us don’t know is that sharks are not what they appear to be at all. They are not man eating machines but rather pillars in the evolution of the sea.

• Sharks kill fewer than 4 humans on average each year, while humans kill an estimated 100 million sharks annually. You’re more likely to be killed by a lightning strike, bee sting, falling coconut or falling vending machine than a shark bite.
• Media hype feeds our irrational fear of sharks. In 2007, one person died from a shark bite, worldwide. Three people died from falling in sand pits, 20 from dog bites, 49 from lightening strikes and 79 from hunting accidents. 747 people died from bicycle accidents.
• Sharks are perceived to be vicious killers, but humans are not on the sharks’ menu.
• Of the more than 500 species of sharks in the world, only 10 species have been reported to have attacked a human being.
• There are 6.65 billion people in the world and in the past two years, sharks only killed a handful of those people.

The trailer you’re about to see is by marine biologist and filmmaker Rob Stewart. His passion and drive has led  him to embark on a journey across the waters of the world and expose the exploitation and corruption of sharks.

A visually stunning piece

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggtxA4wuXzY]

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