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Title: shark fan cannot recommend this book
Review: Hungry, Hungry Sharks has too much sketchy information in it for me to be comfortable reading it to my children. Sure, lots of the facts are spot on. But too many of them are based on conjecture. For example, "even a swordfish almost always loses a fight with a great white shark." I have never heard of a white shark being observed consuming a swordfish. That is not to say that it doesn't happen, but I don't think there is enough evidence for the author to make such a statement. If you find this a bit nitpicky, fine, I am a nitpicker. But consider the final sentence of this book: "As long as there are oceans, there will be sharks." This God-like prediction is irresponsible (even for a book written in 1986) given that many shark species may be moving toward extinction. The best lesson your kids can get from this book is that you can't believe everything you read. I am not even going to take this book to the thrift store...I am throwing it away...
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