Many tourists go to places like Florida, Hawaii, and the Bahamas to dive with sharks. Of all the ______ in the sea, they are the most interesting to some people. Attracting sharks by feeding them used to be common, too. However, in 2002, there were a large number of shark attacks on humans. Many people felt ______ at these attacks, and they gave sharks a very _______ image. The practice of feeding sharks was made illegal in Florida and other places.
Nonetheless, the idea that sharks kill a lot of people is _______. Each year, snakes kill more people, and dogs attack more people, than do sharks. Most shark attacks are just one quick _______. The shark rarely tries to eat the person. Researchers also ________ that sharks sometimes _________ humans for the other types of animals they usually ________, such as seals or fish. Once the shark ________ that it has made a mistake, it leaves.