How many species of Shark are maneaters?

mk2norwich

Well, my encyclopedia isn't giving any clues, only that there are 'about four hundred' known species of shark, of which 'a few' attack humans. Apr 12 02, 5:16 AM

dont really know

well.......i know that the bull sharks, tiger sharks, white sharks, white tip reef sharks, black tip reef sharks, etc. oh i found it only about 40 species of sharks are known for attacking people (not that they are man-eaters but oh well)go to google.com and type dangerous sharks it should say there Apr 12 02, 7:05 PM

Brainy Blonde

I don't think any species of shark is considered a man-eater, in the sense that some of the large cats are. A man-eater means the individual animal has acquired a tasted for human flesh. Sharks are meat eaters and are not particularly fussy about where the meat comes from. So, in theory, all sharks can be man-eaters, but they don't go out of their way to hunt humans, as the odd large cat does. See: http://www.miamisci.org/sharks/facts.html The following site has quite a bit of information about all sharks. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bilsons/SHARKS.htm#SHARK INDEX It seems to me that shark-eating men are more of a problem than man-eating sharks. That would account for the massive increase in shark fishing around the world and the growing numbers on the endangered species list! See: http://www.worldwildlife.org/oceans/ Apr 12 02, 8:01 PM