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Their diet pretty regularly. in the united states in the winter months they are more on a fish diet. then in the summer months when the seal population is out, here on the east coast, thats when theyre more feeding on marine mammals and obviously for us swimming at the beach around marine mammals, it is kind of best to move on to a different beach. >> you say we look and act more like seals in the water than we do fish. >> generally speaking sharks can tell what their normal prey items are. we b...

Go past. if youre on the west coast of our country, avoid areas where there are lots of marine mammals like sea lions. >> you see if you encounter a shark, do not flail. do the backstroke and you said slowly but also maintain eye contact. why? >> biggest thing make sure you know where that shark is. if you can see it, keep your eyes on it because that way youre going to know where it is coming from and you can present yourself as a larger target or fenn yourself off. obviously if you have a bite...

>> no question thats an unbelievely inhumane practice. discovery channel shark week episode last night. you talked with survivors of shark attacks. there was another attack yesterday off of jacksonville, florida. one woman was in about three to four feet of water, saw a small shark about three or four feet long coming right at her, she put her arm out and the shark pretty much shredded her arm. youve got pointers for folks this morning on what to do if they find themselves in a situation there i...

Polynesian cultures revered shark gods. "jaws" built a fear what have might be below us and that plays a large part into our fear. it is not the sharks per se but the fact there is an animal there thats been known to attack people in the past and it lives in a world that we cant often see or arent very coordinated in. >> let me come back to this idea whether humans are actually a source of food for a shark like a great white. obviously were not their normal prey because we only play in the ocean...

The sharks do care. sharks want a very fatty, very high-calorie animal like a seal. they dont want a boney animal like us. oftentimes when great whites do attack people there is not a secondary attack. they dont come back to finish off the deed because were not what theyre after. >> gotcha. you say it is interesting that we fear sharks top of, technically they have move to be scared of when it comes to human beings. you said 200,000 sharks a day are killed by humans. >> thats correct. we have ve...

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Biologist and shark advisor for the discovery channel, joining us this morning from baltimore. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> i know youre not terrified of sharks. i personally am terrified of sharks but it is not to know they can tell instantaneously thats not the prey they want and spit that out. hopefully if i ever encounter a shark theyll know to spit me out. whats going on in chatham, massachusetts where weve seen in some places five miles of beach closed because of how close...