| 单词 | shark |
| 例句 | The water began to churn around us with sharks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked through the Plexiglas top of the shark tank that served as a coffee table. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “When the shark got stuck in the net?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark’s teeth were as white as her miner’s light. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I moved closer to the shark to get a better look at the ridges on the serrated teeth, leaning the sketch pad on my left forearm, to make a quick sketch of the steak-knife points. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As Ronan laughs, his pole is yanked hard—a great white shark comes out of the water like a rocket off a launchpad. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe how detailed all of the shark’s different systems were and that I had my hand inside the body of a great white. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Lapita people depended heavily on seafood, including fish, porpoises, sea turtles, sharks, and shellfish. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A shark, you see, has an extremely long sharp nose, and its mouth is set very awkwardly underneath its face and a long way back. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There were more sharks than ever now around the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Has anyone ever told you and your friends that you remind them of great hammerhead sharks?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z A sand shark passed over Mom’s head, swimming through the bubbles rising from her regulator. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Three blocks from home you look over your shoulder to see your father’s car slowly following you like a silver shark. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Warriors burst out of the river, riding the waves on huge sharks and dragons and sea horses. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “We haven’t even gotten to great white sharks or saltwater crocodiles or Indonesian needlefish or—” “OK, OK,” I say, laughing and holding up my hands for him to stop. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I want to know how all of the parts work, so I can draw the whole shark for my science project.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But I killed the shark that hit my fish, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are hoping to get her tags on those sharks any day now. You’re welcome to come out on the boat with us.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I looked at the drawings of the shark teeth, the rows and rows, just waiting in line to pop forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They will come to the deep blue, where the whales sing their sad songs and starving sharks swim for miles in search of prey. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was no doubt that she would have been called to the dock for this shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, the sharks become bored and stop following us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They had brought in plastic totes, coolers, and big buckets, and deposited them in the smaller rocks just beyond the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He pushes open a door off of the kitchen that leads into a bedroom with a New England Patriots poster and two shark posters. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Basically it looked like a chair on a deep-sea boat, that you would sit in if you wanted to hunt shark or marlin or sea monsters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z David went below into the cabin and felt the hull where the shark had hit and found there was no damage. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as el mar which is masculine. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy had been in the middle of a school of sharks when the water was full of blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At the very end, Ray closed the flaps on the cavity and Sookie helped the biologists roll the shark into a new position. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The seven mysterious proteins that, assembled together, make up the Ebola-virus particle, work as a relentless machine, a molecular shark, and they consume the body as the virus makes copies of itself. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to reach out and touch its back, which was covered in denticles, V-shaped scales that were like teeth all over the shark’s body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He was immediately aware when I landed a turtle or a dorado or a shark, and I had to give quickly and generously. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t you swim with sharks if you knew they couldn’t bite you?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The other sharks paid a longer visit, coming and going at different depths, some in plain sight at hand’s reach below the surface of the water, others deeper down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This made sense, seeing that the shark was dead and, therefore, unable to raise its head and snap her in half. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Percy, Coach Hedge, and Frank stumbled out of the glass tunnel and found themselves back in the whale shark room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Richard Parker turned and started clawing the shark’s head with his free front paw and biting it with his jaws, while his rear legs began tearing at its stomach and back. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She only wished she could see for a minute if there really were sharks and if he really would cut himself. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It might have implied that white sharks were more important than mergansers or spotted salamanders, but to me they were. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I had read somewhere that white sharks were solitary creatures, crossing great distances alone, but that sometimes they swam in pairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A few men pulled the shark up higher by ropes and pulleys, and I followed the length of the shark’s white belly from nose to tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Each time someone discussed anticancer diets or snorting ground-up shark fin or whatever, he’d glance over at me and sigh ever so slightly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “What happened? I thought you were watching the shark?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The shark probably ate a fur seal recently.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark held on to his paw, its only line of defence and attack, and thrashed its tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There were also giant crocodiles in the swamps and rivers, man-eating sharks and poisonous jellyfish in the ocean. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, all the way across the Atlantic, he’d done pretty much nothing except make small talk with sharks and listen to Coach Hedge sing TV theme songs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The shark needs to swim at all times, otherwise it will suffocate.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “But when a shark bites my legs off, promise to write a speech about how awesome I was.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When the old man saw him coming he knew that this was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure this wasn’t Sookie’s shark that had drifted out to sea because Fred told me it would have disintegrated out there, but I had to make sure. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Do you think it could have been a white shark?” the reporter asked her. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark didn’t seem to be in attack mode. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the sinking of the Canton there were parts of men floating around for miles that even the sharks had forsaken. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z That was the last shark of the pack that came. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He called me Helen and told me it’s my job to collect data on sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I wondered which lines were the most important lines of the shark’s shape—which ones made it a great white—and where did that powerful energy come from? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Someone started doing the shark music from Jaws. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “A shark! And you know what it said to me? It said, ‘Is it true your sharks don’t talk?’ Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She reads, During the entire day, a formidable school of sharks followed the ship, but the logic that is supposed to link each word to the next fails her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had to keep moving like a shark, and in the end he was a tragic ghost of a person instead of a stream of milky way jazz under open highways. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Lucy, that shark was caught twenty miles off Rockport. And do you know what the chances are of being attacked?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The storm had cleared out the sharks, but for how long? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about the shark’s endless rows of teeth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Ben would like the sharks, I thought, the way they could open and close their jaws. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There were sharks off the coast, everybody knew that. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Robin crouched down and rested a gloved hand on the shark’s snout. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z ‘Twenty-six! . . . Twenty -seven! . . . Twenty -eight! . . He was like a shark. He had the blood lust. The victims were hunched and trembling, walking the gangplank. “Thirty-/o#r/ . Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was excited about the huge, dead shark hanging at the wharf, but all I wanted was a cool shower and something to drink. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I believe it was part of a shark’s way of determining the nature of the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a greater chance of being struck by lightning or attacked by a shark. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Can you bust us out? Turn into a hammerhead shark or something?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But at least she hadn’t been eaten by a shark. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She swam parallel to the sharks, just another creature in the ocean. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The shark is gone,” I said, my lips slick with salty butter. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I wondered how long it would take for there to be no trace of the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I did a double take on a Clorox jug to be sure it wasn’t a shark’s head. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We ride home in the Garcías’ Plymouth with the silver fins that remind me of the shark I saw at the beach last summer. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, the cabbies in this town are sharks,” he said in perfect English, without a trace of an accent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a bloody mess that turned all of the shark’s white parts pink-orange. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark let go of the fish and slid down, swallowing what he had taken as he died. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. I can’t let you bring a couple of sharks to a fishing party!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Would you rather fall out of an airplane or into a shark tank? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Cruising in circles were dozens of huge fish, including two spotted sharks, each twice Percy’s size. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So I hiked around the snout to the side where I thought the scar had been and I crouched in the shadow of a large fin, to see the gray side of the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The holes were actually sensory organs that gave the shark a sixth sense and helped her seek prey. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Given any more thought to tagging sharks with Robin?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know sharks had such handsome, beautifully formed tails.” her male companion said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no doubt cut himself while repeatedly raking the shark. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He swung at him and hit only the head and the shark looked at him and wrenched the meat loose. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had rolled over onto my hands and knees to watch the shark. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like in the movies, the shark went for the leg first, the bloodiest candy. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have any idea why she liked dissecting sharks?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I traced the backbone with my finger and decided to start with the shark’s skeleton. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “What are the larger sharks going to eat if there are no dogfish?” he persisted. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I noticed the presence of sharks around the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “The dorsal fin on a basking shark is rounded on top and convex in the back,” she said, making shapes with her hand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In my mind a shark was at that very second shooting up for me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z After seeing the details of this shark inside and out, it seemed even more of a waste. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I looked up at the shark’s face, if that’s what it was called. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z This time he felt the bone at the base of the brain and he hit him again in the same place while the shark tore the meat loose sluggishly and slid down from the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He also drank a cup of shark liver oil each day from the big drum in the shack where many of the fishermen kept their gear. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked farther down the line to the photos from the necropsy, the shark twisted into the rocks like a huge white sea monster washed up from the pages of an old story. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At dinner, Dad told me that he knew what happened to the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The camera panned to show the shark’s body in the near distance, hanging awkwardly from the winch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The rope near the mouth bound the shark like a rubber band around a fat wrist, separating the head from the rest of the body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Or a shark to lunge and bite right through the life jackets and oars. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The shark stayed near the boat for three more hours, hitting at more and more infrequent intervals, until the moon was straight over the mast and no light reflected from the hull. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned over the side and pulled loose a piece of the meat of the fish where the shark had cut him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Felix knew Benji was looking for a big idea, like swimming with great white sharks or running bases at Yankee Stadium. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Passengers gazing from the windows saw only the ship’s shadow, following it along the clouds “like a huge shark swimming alongside.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z A sand shark was spread on the ground, cut cleanly down the middle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It cruises slowly along the street, as if looking for something: shark on the prowl. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an hour before the first shark hit him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He said the scent came from dissecting sharks and whales, from cutting away layers of blubber and plunging her hands inside the cavities of marine creatures that were twenty times her size. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I wept—strong monster with teeth like a shark’s—and I slammed the earth with such force that a seam split open twelve feet long. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked about to see if there were sharks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Says a white shark washed up on the Cape. He’s wondering if you want to watch the biologists cut it open.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Telling someone you love them is soft, and if they see you’re soft in the projects it’s like a shark seeing blood—they’re going to attack! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept waiting for her to come to the last section, to the part about the white sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In my sketchbook, I drew the outline of the shark’s body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I heard his voice before I saw the shark for myself. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s about some kids floating around in the ocean far away from land, and there are sharks—so many sharks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The officers were like sharks, sniffing for blood. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew a dorsal fin on top and an anal fin on the bottom, to prevent the shark from rolling side to side when it was moving forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He shivered at the sight of the other clipper, hunting them like a shark. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her face was four feet away from the shark’s open jaws and her expression was completely calm, as if she were posing for a family photo with Dad and me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t dare go out off north beach for scallops because of the sharks. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After a breakfast of grits with flakes of fried shark steak, Jay washed dishes while I snapped a whole colander full of pole beans. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She explained how the shark continues to make replacement teeth throughout its life. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was as if the shark had sensed it was being watched, stalked even, because right when Sookie aimed the harpoon at the fish, the shark shifted in a different direction. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I turned to watch the shark, as nervous as a kid might feel waiting for her name to be called for a doctor’s checkup, but nothing more. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Of interest to zoologists I can report the following: a tiger will not at first attack a shark out of water with its jaws but will rather strike at it with its forepaws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This shark was so large that it had to hang over the water, away from the dock. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That’s not true for everything that swims at night, especially certain large and fearless sharks. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I had been dying to know what was under the hood of this shark, so that I could draw the outside in a more realistic way. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In the dream I started thinking about all the monster barracudas and sharks that lived on the reef, and what a bad thing it would be to tumble overboard there. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The fisherman, his wife, her lover, and a shark that has no part in the story, but dies anyway. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z White sharks were pretty rare off the coast of Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Did the idea of Mom tagging white sharks freak you out?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I moved beside Fred, budging my way into the front row to see the shark’s body being pulled by the hoist from just below the dock. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Looks like a swordfish and a thresher shark,” says Captain Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I think the sharks started to attack one another too. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z See that comma-shaped shark fin ominously slicing through the waves in this direction? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “Yes. It’s tricky work. The shark is a moving target and you really need to get that tag right at the sweet spot at the base of the dorsal fin.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark was headed to Guam, and the biologists would never get to look for whatever it was that they looked for inside of a dead shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was shockingly cold—too cold for sharks, she hoped, for what S.Q. had said just before Mr. Curtain dumped the water was much on her mind. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The sharks, finding nothing, stopped knocking on the boat and eventually left. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He said to the boy in play, “It’s lucky you’re so prodigious sweet-faced. Otherwise we’d all feed you to them sharks for introducing fleas.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I asked, hoping the sharks avoided swimming in bays. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z These are the last pages of my diary: Today saw a shark bigger than any I've seen till now. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike in the forest or the Otherworld Costco—or even the whale shark—there weren’t any signs here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The sharks will get her, don’t worry,” cautioned the Spaniard. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The shark was jerked up, but it wouldn’t let go. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the dark, she knelt beside a giant shark that had spilled out of the ocean and beached itself in the sand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Every time I tried to draw the shark it looked like a blob, or a windup toy. So I started trying to fix it.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My mom was a biologist and the resident shark expert for Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “This is better than winning,” he whispered to someone with that wonderful shark’s grin. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mind if we have a look at the shark?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what it would look like stretched out, moving through the ocean, but when I drew more sharks on the page, I couldn’t get them right. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But when I looked at the sketch pad, all I had were puzzle pieces of the shark, when I needed to have a complete portrait. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z "A fellow named Guy went to fertilize the sea and after he did his duty a shark took his legs." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And being a sheepman connected to the Devine Company was like trying to raise mutton in a tank full of sharks, barracudas, and piranha fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Other animals at the top of the pyramid, such as lions and sharks, evolved into that position very gradually, over millions of years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Timothy warned against going into the water here because the sharks could swim close to shore. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One has a bandage on his face, one is pointing to his chest for a doctor, and one is rolling up his pants to show off what looks like a shark bite. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Me too. We can still work on the field guide. I’ll come over tonight. We can look through your mom’s old books for shark facts.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I wondered whether I would record the contorted fish-out-of-water version of the shark, or if I should eventually draw something that showed the shark in a more natural position for the guide. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Keep moving and stay in groups, ” said Mrs. Baker, which is the same strategy to use if you’re floating in the ocean and surrounded by sharks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “There is no census for white sharks. We have no idea how many young sharks, middle-aged sharks, and old sharks there are. A balance would tell us there is a healthy...” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At least that way she didn’t have to see the shark. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z To the left of the shark drawing, the first raindrop hit the page. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But the shark jerked backwards as he rolled and the knife blade snapped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Above them, a mural of a shark looked down with a gaping mouth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And when the old Cadillac pulls into our driveway, longer than a pontoon boat, with bigger fins than a great white shark, Mom and I run down to greet them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The men were sharks moving their snouts beneath a ship, looking for the food they sensed was close. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The waves were close to swallowing up whatever was left of the shark, the remains of muscle and organs that were already being picked apart by isopods. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Ray and Robin moved through the rocks, circling the shark, discussing types of incision. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When I was in the zone on a high-speed classic like Defender, I felt like a hawk in flight, or the way I thought a shark must feel as it cruises the ocean floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She liked to know about everything, from the most peaceful tiny fish to the hungriest shark. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes glowed a malevolent greenish yellow, and their fangs still had bloody chunks of shark meat skewered on them. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My options were limited to perching above a tiger or hovering over sharks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I told him about the shark falling from the winch and possibly being whisked away to Guam in the rough seas. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I asked, thinking of the woman in the Cousteau book, looking at the babies pouring out of the mother shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He knew that each of the jerking bumps of the shark had been meat tom away and that the fish now made a trail for all sharks as wide as a highway through the sea. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what’s worse—some moron stealing my shark or hauling that thing twenty miles to shore only to have it fall in the harbor.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If, for some chance, the shark swam out of sight, there would be no way of knowing how close it remained. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z His skin looked brown just under the surface, unlike the slate-gray color of Sookie’s shark that hung on the dock, or the one that washed up on the Cape. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I caught a number of small sharks, blue sharks for the most part, but some makos too. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The camera tracked Mom as she followed the shark, as though she were flying by us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Remember what Vern said? Your mom was looking for a range of different ages. A healthy community has young sharks, middle-aged sharks, and old sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Subsequently I went for smaller sharks, pups really, and I killed them myself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He closed them firmly so they would take the pain now and would not flinch and watched the sharks come. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, when he was remembering the shark that got stuck in the pond.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Three short guys took huge fish—big like they were baby sharks or something—and hacked the heads off with giant knives. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When he saw the shark he leaned over the side and punched at him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Students here are like starving sharks when it comes to sedition. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And right away, I saw the shark, still hanging over the water, like a torture victim. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “No, but it’s not a shark tank either.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The shape of the diving plane slashing horizontally through the conning tower and the shark’s tail rudder at the back was like nothing he had ever seen. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It was hitting the boat, was not after him—and while he thought of it the shark hit once more, then again, on the same side of the boat but slightly forward. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked to think of the fish and what he could do to a shark if he were swimming free. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the surface, the shark looked huge, not that different from a white shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It only needed a shark to bite the rope, or a knot to become undone, or a large wave to crash upon me, and I would be lost. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Am I afraid? Being in the water with sharks?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Not with the thought of our dad never returning swimming around my head like goldfish in a shark tank. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I did not speak the language of biology or understand the characteristics that grouped one shark with another. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If white sharks were heading north, what if humans had to adapt? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z On the TV, a shark expert explained the difference between the dorsal fins of the two huge sharks that were possible visitors to the area: great whites and basking sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t you want to know what a huge shark looks like inside?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I am positive they are sharks!” said the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He took in the eight-hundred-gallon aquarium coffee table with the four glowing pygmy sharks swimming circles around their bubbler. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I rearranged a few things to make room for Dad’s favorite picture, the one of me crouching next to the shark with my sketch pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The reporter looked into the camera and launched into a brief history of great white sharks in the North Atlantic. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were photos of Sookie’s shark, bound and hanging in a loop on the wharf, the heads of people in the crowd framing the huge fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I looked at a table of measurements of white shark teeth with its tall columns of numbers for height, width, and angle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And the kids gang up together, and with the biggest pieces of wood they can find they all whack those sharks on the head until they stop circling. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I would have liked to feel a shark against my fingers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I flipped my sketch pad back to the drawings I’d made the night we saw the shark hanging from the winch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’d been thinking about her today because of the shark. When I saw her on TV, it was like she’d read my mind.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Sliding to the edge, I catch a glimpse of the bodies of a group of silver-skinned sharks, as big as I am and swimming straight for our boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about what Vern had said about fishermen killing sharks for their fins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z On the one hand, I understood the fear that people had about sharks, especially a great white. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He heard the tiller break and he lunged at the shark with the splintered butt. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z To understand and protect the white shark population, first, biologists must collect age data. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The old man watched for him to come again but neither shark showed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I get it. You’re going to send me into the shark’s jaws. No, thank you, Mr. Aarons.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He bites the arm that’s holding me—and this burst of energy that Garrett has must give him superhuman strength, because it’s like the bite of a shark, leaving a bloody, gaping wound. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I pictured sharks in the ocean, calling out their own names as they swam by. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I could hardly see them heaving an entire shark out of water, let alone carrying it on their backs and disappearing with it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But by the dme he sails his boat to safety, there is nothing left of his prize fish; the sharks have torn it to pieces. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I imagined her on the dock, between us and the shark, sizing it up before figuring out how she was going to lay it out on the ground. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Mom would have freaked out over those shark pups. I can see her face,” Dad said as he looked at me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “We were looking for books about white sharks to help with the field guide. And Fred found a bunch of her papers on the shelf,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “But there were hundreds of sharks around us!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z A gigantic black shadow passed over us—the sharks and me—and the Basmu serpent opened its maw. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “There are rings of calcium in each vertebra. You can count the rings like a tree to find the age of the shark,” she said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Even though Fred and I started the research together, the white shark page was blank when he died. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I knew this shark as well as any of the adults on the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z From what I understood, mostly from the illustrations, Mom and the researchers wanted to take a harpoon fishing boat into a stretch of Cape Cod where fishermen had spotted white sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A man escaping from Biddle Island would do better to try his luck with the river, the tides, and the sharks, than to test the quiet susurrant heart of the marsh. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was always moving like a shark, swimming in order to breathe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At the desk, I flipped through the drawings, looking at all the sketches of shark parts—fins, teeth, and vertebrae. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Well, I know a lot about sharks, but I don’t know anything about sunfish! I thought the fin was weird, but I panicked just based on its size. It’s huge!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She would have collected data four feet away from a live shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The sea in that spot is like the sharks that live there. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “More like looking out of a shark cage.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “That’s the liver. It can be up to twenty percent of the shark’s body weight. The fatter the liver, the healthier the shark.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Why did you ask? I didn’t harpoon that shark, if that’s what you’re getting at. It got stuck in the net.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I wore the socks with the sharks on them, the ones Julia had admired. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the commercials on television for the aquarium—it’s supposed to have sharks and turtles and penguins and a million other sea animals. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Do the father sharks ever eat the baby sharks? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Before you go to sleep, imagine warm sun and sand and salty water and sharks…” He makes a little snapping noise with his fingers, like the snap of teeth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Gill nets were outlawed years ago in Florida because they kill everything that gets tangled, not just the baitfish but sharks, reds, snook, tarpon, turtles—you name it, it dies. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The old man reversed the oar and put the blade between the shark’s jaws to open them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was a bull shark. It was trapped in a salt pond on the Cape.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He examined us from head to toe, and seemed pleased to find no bullet holes, shark bites, or missing limbs. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Seeing the shark this way doesn’t do her justice. They really are powerful when you see them swimming through the ocean,” Robin said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I get how the human body is put together, but I don’t get what’s happening inside a shark.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “You see? Forget the whale sharks! And there’s much more.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “And you thought you were going to catch a shark?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Buy us some time! Can you turn into a shark or something?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I touched the clear jelly that Ray squeezed from little holes in the shark’s snout. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I had almost dismissed the book when I turned the page and saw a photograph of a white shark’s teeth, removed from the jaw and standing alone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The familiar shoreline of Long Island appeared up ahead, and a couple of friendly great white sharks surfaced and steered me toward the beach. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “It was just doing its job! Besides, it was a celestial guard whale shark,” Mini pointed out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I dropped beneath the hail of flying fish and reached for the dorado just ahead of a shark. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The shark lay quietly for a little while on the surface and the old man watched him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember the day you caught the white shark?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Touching the inside of the shark was fine. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The sea horse and the mako shark whisked off and started playing something that looked like tag. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “First, you gotta pay the fisherman for his fuel and his time. Then, you gotta pay the spotter to find the shark.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Before the United States entered World War Two, there were a bunch of American pilots in China. They were called the Flying Tigers. They flew those planes with the shark teeth on the nose.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I was not afraid we would capsize—I thought the sharks would actually punch through the metal hull and sink us. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t do that, son. You saw that shark who took your fish. He’s still around somewhere.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I wondered how I could do that with the shark in the field guide, show movement with just lines. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z ‘What have you got to say for yourself?’ he asked me, and the white shark’s teeth flashed dangerously between his lips. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Into the Midwest came seashells from the Gulf of Mexico, silver from Ontario, fossil shark’s teeth from Chesapeake Bay, and obsidian from Yellowstone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I wanted my drawing to look like it could swim to life with its torpedo body launching the shark at the speed of a car. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We watched a wave crash onto the rocks, dragging part of the shark out with it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I half expected to see the shark’s white belly stretched out at the bottom of the harbor, as though its weight had split the bands and the shark had just sunk to the seafloor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After she had offered the challenge, all he could think about was learning in school how shark teeth angled inward so fish could swim in but not out. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Just assuming that they are sharks,” the Centipede said, “there still can’t possibly be any danger if we stay up here.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z They looked like sharks as they cruised around the burning wreckage, silent and unseen. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I watched the shark wiggle, like he was trying to scratch an itch on his back, and I ran along the railing to get ahead of him, so I could see him swim by. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I stopped in the living room and fed canned clams to Hugo’s sharks, then had a breakfast of cold leftover spaghetti and root beer. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z But he felt the rigidity of bone too and he struck the shark once more hard across the point of the nose as he slid down from the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Talked about bringing the littles to Edgartown to see a movie in the afternoon, about sharks and whether they really ate people, about Plants Versus Zombies. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Dad,” I said, pointing at the shark pups. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Wow,” she said, looking over the shark’s face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I had gray and black skater shoes and dark blue socks with sharks swimming and swimming up around my ankles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I get that the spotter plane sees the shark in the water and the fisherman tags the shark with a harpoon, but can you tell me how the tags work?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He is not a scavenger nor just a moving appetite as some sharks are. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw sharks' teeth and whales' earbones littered about down there like gravestones. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She wrote down as many names of fish as she could think of: herring, cod, stingray, salmon, mackerel, haddock, shark, trout, perch, pike...What else was there? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I took out the flashlight and Mom’s research proposal and flipped to the section where she explains how the fisherman would tag the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark was hung up in a huge field of boulders. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I drew a pectoral fin on the side and a pelvic fin on the bottom to help the shark move up and down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There was a spotter plane, looking for sharks from above. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If the raft tipped over, sharks would slash at us, I knew. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Prince Cardan watched me all night, a shark restlessly circling, waiting for the right moment to bite. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time a dead shark quietly appeared, the meerkats were in a fury of excitement, shrieking like tropical birds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what had happened to the shark, but I was pretty sure it was gone for good. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Staring up at the ceiling, I asked, “Why sharks? Why’d she pick sharks?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At this point, Robin and Ray seemed to forget there were several of us straining for a peek at the baby sharks and they hovered over them for a minute. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I swam for the raft in frantic strokes, precisely the sort of wild thrashing that sharks find so deliciously inviting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Percy made it sound like he was just doing Leo a favor, but there’d been an undertone like If you mess with my friend, I will personally feed you to a great white shark. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Harry turned and saw something monstrous cutting through the water toward them: a human body in swimming trunks with the head of a shark. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z One of Mom’s books was open to a photograph of a white shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He was alone at sea for two days, with sharks below and storms above, clinging to the remnants of the barrel, when he finally washed ashore near Lattakia, fifty miles north of Arwad Island. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Robin carefully removed them from the shark’s womb and laid them on top of a cooler for a closer view. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then I scooped up two of the sharks. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Did you know that Sookie was going to help Mom tag the sharks? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Again, they’d rather deal with us than with some gangster loan shark. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I dropped the bike in the gravel and walked over to the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He had always heard sharks were attracted to blood in the water, blood or meat or garbage, but there wasn’t anything on that side of the boat to attract a shark. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, as though at a signal from the leader, all the other sharks came swimming in toward the peach, and they clustered around it and began to attack it furiously. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “There’s been an increase in recorded white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod. It’s possible that some of them are traveling farther north.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Lucy! What do you think?” he said, pointing to the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “So each shark with a tag makes its own noise?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That butchery business was long ago; surely by now the sharks would be out of the habit of congregating here. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I think losing the shark bothered Fred so much that he had to get out of Rockport, even for a day. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Only cops roamed the streets, if not on foot, then patrolling in squad cars, slowly driving up and down the avenues, from First to Fifth, from 125th to 96th, circling Spanish Harlem like sharks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z There was a Rockport Police squad car a stone’s throw from the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t see any sharks, but they couldn’t be too far away with all that blood around. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was wearing the socks with the sharks on them. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He took a picture of the pile of shark in the rocks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I feel like all the sharks I draw look like sandbags,” I yelled to Dad in the other room. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Did you read about the white shark on Cape Cod?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But Winnie was adamantly opposed, thinking it unhealthy and outdated, and instead smeared Zenani with olive oil, plastered her little body with Johnson’s Baby Powder, and filled her stomach with shark oil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, a couple of Mainers were boating a few miles off Wells Beach and they spotted a large shark not far from the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As I watched, the entire sea around her was sucked into the void—sharks, schools of fish, a giant squid. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Robin began sawing into the shark’s side with a knife. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They mostly all do now because she can surf harder than any of them, likes to jump off cliffs, and isn’t afraid of anything, not even great white sharks or Dad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “The only whale sharks in captivity in the world,” he mused. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Fortunately for all concerned save the sharks, it was around this time that the moon came out. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He shivered and chattered to himself and pulled his hair as his eyes tracked the shark. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They all peered down anxiously at the sharks, who were cruising slowly round and round the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z As we pulled away, I looked out the window at the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In one tank sharks swim overhead, just like we’re actually looking up from the ocean floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As I approached the waves at Fort Morgan, now lit by the sunset, I remembered that sharks feed at dusk and at dawn. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Kelton shushes me, and I know why—the distressed voice of a girl is a bleeding wound in a sea of sharks—but I don’t have time to formulate a better course of action here. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “But he meant that Mom is tracking the sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “White shark dorsal fins come to a point at the top and are straight on the back edge.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If there were too many young sharks or too many old sharks in the ocean, this signaled a problem. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The old man knew that he was dead but the shark would not accept it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave it a strong caudal fin—a tail—to allow the shark to swim side to side and propel it forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He swung the tiller across the shark’s head where the jaws were caught in the heaviness of the fish’s head which would not tear. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The main nuisance of sharks was that they made being in the water risky, like trespassing on a property where there’s a sign saying Beware of Dog. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Spy-hopping—Great whites, one of a few shark species to regularly lift their heads above the surface to seek prey! The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I imagined the touch tank breaking, the rays and tiny sharks spilling out all over the floor. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was something coldly omnivorous in the massing of planes; it was like the gathering of sharks at a bloodspill. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would you like people to know about sharks?” asked the man off camera. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Because they live inside a shark’s mouth and eat off of the back of the shark’s teeth. They’re too small to get bitten. Except...Brandy clearly gets bitten.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Helen’s daughter, Lucy, is here. You remember Helen, your student. The shark lady.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Fishermen spotted white sharks every once in a while, but they were rare in the waters off Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Your mother was a bit like a shark, wasn’t she, Tandy? No disrespect, but that’s what I’ve heard. She worked all the time, but still, she had some pretty unhappy customers lately. Very unsatisfied customers.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Only the sharks stubbornly refused to be colourful. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z What happened to the idea of tagging the sharks? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “How many years am I surfing, and never has a shark bothered me,” Stef said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Brown hair brushed neatly to one side, eyes dark like a shark’s, a hard wedge of a naked chin, his cheeks cleanly shaven. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Thrown overboard to the sharks that had learned that following these slave ships was the way to grow fat! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was still a bit of a shock when a hammerhead shark drifted through the bedroom window, regarded me, and then swam calmly out the opposite side of the room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Now hope is a thing in constant motion, like a shark. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A gigantic shark swam up right under her feet. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The sharks did not hit him again until just before sunset. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew the strange arc of the shark’s body in a single line like a big nose on the page, just for shape. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The picture was of a tiny boat, with one lone man, huge waves surging around him, shark fins visible in the foam. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’d heard there were sharks in these waters, but he knew they wouldn’t touch him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Another biologist trekked through the rocks to the shark’s head. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “This is Sookie. He’s a fisherman who my mom had asked to tag the sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After the Cheerios and another handful of berries for Rosie, Ms. Solomon made it to the white shark page. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If my mom had been there, I knew the shark wouldn’t have gone to waste. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “For going diving at the beach. I didn’t want you to be eaten by a shark. Then I’d have no parents,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “There was a break-in on Marmion Way. People take precedence over dead sharks, Lucy.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I was surprised by the way the sharks swam at a slow pace and how they seemed to pay no attention to her at all. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Except the community just lost two young sharks,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Even if it was relatively insignificant, it was something, and I needed to do something, like sharks, who die if they don’t swim, which I know about. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It ranged across the top of Zosimos Ridge, which knifed up from Zosma City like a shark’s fin, and was visible from miles away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I thought about the scene in Jaws when Hooper and Chief Brody slice open the shark, releasing a river of foul, grayish fluids. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “About the way a shark is made to do what it needs to do.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Bigger than a whale, meaner than any shark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The reporter said, “Why so many white sharks recently? Are you seeing a migration?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z While I still thought my mom was crazy for swimming with sharks, I wondered what it would look like to see those fins in action, to see a shark moving through the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark descended until it was out of sight. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Manolo started joking about how if El Jefe gets disgusted with any one of them, he doesn’t even have to bother to send him to La Piscina to be fed to the sharks. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Staring at his grotesquely muscled shoulders—stooped, naked despite the cold, sleek as the belly of a shark and as rippled with power as the shoulders of a horse—I found my mind wandering. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I managed to gaff some of the shark’s remains, but to my disappointment the vertebrae of sharks do not hold fluid. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The shark was packed into the rocks so tightly that I wondered whether the biologists, or even the high tide, could move it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “That depends. If a shark feeds on a nice seal, it may not eat again for weeks. It takes a long time for a shark to digest a large meal.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark must have been the length of a swimming pool. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I guess he was not afraid of sharks this close in. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “And each tag is set at a different frequency, so you can differentiate between the sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I do appreciate that you tagged that shark. In fact, it’s kind of a miracle. But I would prefer if you left the job to Sookie from here on. Okay?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That evening, I took a break from drawing sharks to pick at a mysterious casserole with Dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If you have ever seen a small dog trying to get its teeth into an enormous ball, then you will be able to imagine roughly how it was with the sharks and the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He recorded basic shark stats from one of my mom’s books and left a big space for me to draw an image of the great white. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Sure enough, there was the spotter plane that we’d all talked about in Vern’s study, the one that was going to locate the sharks for the fisherman to tag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He moved around the room like a shark, circling me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I worried constantly that the raft would come apart, that the knots holding me to the lifeboat would become loose, that a shark would attack. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “She was waiting for the white sharks to come. You knew that,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And I don’t go swimming in case there are sharks. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Right where I stood, I cracked open the shark book on a wide pile of new releases and started turning pages. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As I fell back into the water another shark’s fin glided right before me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Telling her a story that I think must be about the ocean since I hear him say the word “shark.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I grabbed a yellow legal pad where Fred had recorded pages of notes on great white shark behavior, reproduction, and something called osmoregulation. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet you anything you like that they are sharks and they have come along to eat us up!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “How do I find the sharks, if nobody knows where they are headed?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I watched Michael swimming far off shore, and as fun as it looked, I knew I'd be the more vulnerable target if a shark showed up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He took one look at the great fish as he watched the shark close in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never forget the gush of blood that hit the surface when the sharks jerked him down. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance now and then I would see dolphins; closer in, flying fish; and still closer, at the stern, sharks waiting for the daily garbage from the galley. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had seen the second fin now coming up behind the first and had identified them as shovel-nosed sharks by the brown, triangular fin and the sweeping movements of the tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They were hateful sharks, bad smelling, scavengers as well as killers, and when they were hungry they would bite at an oar or the rudder of a boat. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop thinking about the look on JoJo’s face right before the sharks attacked. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The shark carried me down into the darkness. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Viruses are molecular sharks, a motive without a mind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because they attracted sharks, and people thought they made a loud mess of the harbor.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Lately, I had been wondering if she had been thinking about me when she got in the water with sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I saw a number of labels for familiar organs—liver, kidney, intestines—but there was nothing human-like about the way the shark’s organs were arranged. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Silly satyr. Whale sharks are peaceful. They only eat plankton.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea and everything about him was beautiful except his jaws. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z While I was treading water and breathing like a mermaid, a white shark swam closer, the side-to-side movement of his tail propelling the shark forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In the distance, the arc of onlookers grew by a few more people, and Ray walked around the shark, snapping photos with his camera. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I imagined it was the tailwinds of the shark and I breathed in. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And she’d have to hope none of them were actually sharks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I could go swimming with great white sharks and it wouldn’t compare to this. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Grant grinned like a shark about to have a big, juicy meal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Based on the witnesses’ descriptions of size and the shape of the dorsal fin, area experts were trying to identify the type of shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The shark’s still there,” I said to Fred, zipping my pack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark looked a little ridiculous at first, but the menace was inescapable if you kept looking. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “A great white shark can’t survive in captivity. Most die after a few days. They won’t eat. They ram their heads into the walls of the tank.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the pipe was the hydrophone, a piece of equipment that could pick up the shark’s ping from the tag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I was almost a thirteen-year-old, but he thought I was a shark expert. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Only the captain remained at the helm, from which vantage point he hurled threatening reminders about the danger of sharks and the penalties of mutiny. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the raft touched the water, the fish scattered—except for the sharks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to show me where the shark books are,” I said, walking up the stairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He settled on a spot in the mob and looked up at the shark, dangling above the crowd, as he raised the camera to his face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z From what Timothy had told me, the sea entrance to the hole was too narrow for a large fish, a shark, to swim through. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Me too. And guess what else? It turns out that the Portuguese shark is the deepest-living shark on earth. I love that. I think that’s really cool.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “If sharks come, God pity him and me.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you go through the backyard to a covered shed on piles over the ocean and here are the tanks for the larger animals, the sharks and rays and octopi, each in their concrete tanks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z So she started loaning out money—a loan shark. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I ruled out shark's teeth and a ring. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I was in a tank full of sharks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Robin was talking to the spotter pilot over the radio, and Ray was listening on the headphones to see if he could pick up the shark’s ping. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark’s mouthy expression and big black eyes looked human, as if it might strike up a conversation. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I want to enter the shark into the field guide,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Why would he want to catch a white shark?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I’ve seen specials on volcanoes, shark attacks, dogs born with two heads, and the mummies of Egypt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z For the rocks to be clean, for the creatures in the ocean to eat the rest of it, for a three-thousand-pound shark to dissolve. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then, on his back, with his tail lashing and his jaws clicking, the shark plowed over the water as a speedboat does. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z How was that more courageous than escaping your country in a rickety boat with small children and risking being eaten by sharks or getting caught and sent to prison? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I wonder how much damage those sharks have done to it underneath. It’s quite impossible to tell from up here.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dubicki was a sleepwalker and her parents worried she had wretchedly stepped overboard one night and been eaten by sharks or swallowed by a whale. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At least two dozen kites already hung in the sky, like paper sharks roaming for prey. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Dead, his bones would have served to heighten Grisha power, no different from the shark teeth or bear claws that other Grisha wore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Knowledge was for times like this, David thought, rolling with the shark attacks. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is swimming with sharks something people really feel like they’re missing out on?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I couldn't fight like Belet, but before I got gobbled up, one shark was going to have to deal with a fierce punch to its nose. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z You know you're swimming in weird waters when giant sharks are the least of your worries. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z If the seals keep multiplying, how many sharks are we going to get? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I have never seen pups in a white shark’s uterus before,” Robin told us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Send Palaemon and his legion of sharks to the western front. We have to neutralize those leviathans.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The shark looked like a ghost with its white belly and broad fins stretched to the sky, reflecting the sunlight. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I was thinking about Sookie tagging sharks and a squid with three hearts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “The spotter plane was going to keep an eye out for the sharks and radio to the boat to help the captain get the right position.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Fish spiralled down towards it until a shark’s long grey shadow cut across its path and it vanished. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not alive and then he swung over once again, wrapping himself in two loops of the rope. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no sharks in the water and there is no blood in his cup. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The shark came in a rush and the old man hit him as he shut his jaws. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sookie and the biologists rocked the shark, moving her just slightly to help Robin take the measurements. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z So many of my mom’s books were general shark books, filled with pictures of all different types of sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s the same way I feel when I’m waist deep in the ocean and I think I see the outline of a shark. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The sun had gone down while he had been in the Bght with the sharks. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe writing to him will actually help you figure out your own feelings. And maybe he is talking to you through sharks. Who am I to tell you you’re wrong?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At the beach Mrs. Moss gave Toby and Mitchell, another of the foster boys, an inflatable shark. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Sookie hung over the ocean, yards beyond the boat with the harpoon in hand, waiting for the white shark to swim underneath him, so he could tag the fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Card sharks lingered over green-felt tables in back rooms, smoking cigars, waiting for victims. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the night sharks hit the carcass as someone might pick up crumbs from the table. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no hiding place, and the sharks at the back of the line had turned their attention to me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Am I afraid? Being in the water with sharks?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “So she started looking for the sharks,” said Ray. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At home, I opened the white shark anatomy book on the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “And I know you know a lot about sharks, Ronan, so I bet you know that a shark that doesn’t keep moving forward can’t survive.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z A curious shark was circling us, a great white about eleven feet long. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I got a call from Robin. She said that a runner found a white shark. Washed up in Chatham. She and Ray are driving down to the beach for the necropsy,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were fish— big fish with protruding foreheads and very long dorsal fins, dorados they are called, and smaller fish, lean and long, unknown to me, and smaller ones still—and there were sharks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The denticles decreased drag and made the shark able to swim quickly and quietly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Something must have happened during the night. It could have been a prank, but it’d be next to impossible to move that shark.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “We didn’t do anything, except watch. For days. The full moon came and raised the tide. The deeper water helped the shark swim back into the ocean.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The team had been out on the boat several times in the past week, but managed to successfully tag only one white shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were two shark pups in the uterus, dead, of course. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “You could offer to buy him off, or threaten to cut him up into little pieces and feed him to the loan sharks.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I mentally send a school of famished great white sharks their way, then find Jude on the beach and zoom in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I explained that I wanted to get the drawings just right, but I thought it might help to understand the shark inside and out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I sat on a hunk of granite and put the sketch pad on my lap, opening to a drawing of the great white shark, with its pointy teeth and charcoal-black throat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Recently, stranded at the airport with nothing else to read, I had read an article about shark attacks. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You might want to stay back with the rest of the group down there,” said a man carrying a red box, like a tool kit, toward the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A shark’s skin is covered with minute tubercles that make it as rough as sandpaper. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I watched the peaks and valleys of the big waves, waiting for something large to be revealed in the ups and downs, like a whale or a shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He was gawking at two sea serpents—thirty-foot-long monsters with glowing blue scales and jaws that could have bitten a whale shark in half. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Because looking at a dead shark will tell us something about the ones that are still alive,” Robin said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And all the time while they were waiting they could hear the sharks threshing around in the water below them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Seriously. Statistically, it’s more likely I’d get killed by a vending machine or a cow than a shark.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “About a month ago, a great white shark swam into his net by accident. An eighteen-footer.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Bone ships swarmed beneath us like sharks smelling blood. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Not shark but sharp, and it’s spelled as one word, cardsharp. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “A baby shark swam through the grates and has grown and grown and is now big enough to eat you,” the boy said, and he made a chomping motion with his arms. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I thought whale sharks were supposed to be friendly. And not have teeth!” said Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There were little fish of various sizes swimming around everywhere and then the sharks came into focus. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “He arrests people, then cuts out their eyes and fingernails, and throws their cadavers in the sea for the sharks to eat them.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z So, with people yelling my name, I saw the shark’s shadow coming into view just below the surface. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Tons of places. I wanted to do cool stuff, like surfing in Morocco, hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro, and maybe swimming with dolphins in Mexico—see? Dolphins, not sharks,” Rufus says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We had rolled up against a menacing chain of sharp rocks that stuck out of the ocean like a shark's lower jaw. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A caption explained that fins were what made the shark an efficient swimmer. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z So I kept reading about shark embryos that snack on their lesser sisters and eventually devour other siblings in the womb until the fittest shark remains and the mother gives birth to only one baby. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I imagined a shark popping her head above water, getting a look at a colony of fat, tasty seals sunning themselves on the rocks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I had a turn with the shark, but when everyone quarreled over who was next, Mrs. Moss stowed it away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He did not even watch the big shark sinking slowly in the water, showing first life-size, then small, then tiny. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s happening, Lucy. We hope to tag our first sharks by the end of the summer.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Do you think the kayak shark is connected to Mom’s study?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He rushed the boat at the fin, but the shark didn’t back off. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z From the air sharks could be seen moving in, attracted by the helpless and dying fishes in the water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The inflatable shark naturally led to the puddle of heavy cream, which, if lapped from the floor with slow, steady precision, could account for up to twenty minutes of valuable stage time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “There is an unconscionable old shark for you!” said Herbert. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see the shark with daylight still a few hours away, but I felt it there, gliding along just on the other side of the fiberglass, this starving presence. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He twisted the blade and as the shark slid loose he said, “Go on, galano. Slide down a mile deep. Go see your friend, or maybe it’s your mother.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The straps that had suspended the shark from the hoist had been sliced and frayed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I am too old to club sharks to death. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sculpted by the intense solar rays, glowing a radioactive shade of turquoise, the towers reared like giant shark’s teeth out of the surrounding rubble as far as the eye could see. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The shark paused and stared up at the company with small evil eyes. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He explained that if we placed our hands in the tank and held them perfectly still, tiny sharks and rays would graze against our palms like friendly house cats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The shark followed the kayak, as the man paddled to shore, but then it swam away—no damage to the boat, no injuries. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “They have been here since the dinosaurs, but we know almost nothing about them—white sharks especially.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I tossed the last of my cone in the garbage can and shifted the shark anatomy book, but the postcards fell onto the ground. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her mouth was wide-open as she looked at more than a dozen baby sharks, pouring out of the hole in their mother. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I watched the people wearing baseball caps, who were moving around the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I’m a shark and want to bite him with my five rows of razor-sharp teeth and twist him around in the water. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z On it, I drew a pencil sketch of a shark, labeling the fins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There were sharks too; they also leapt out of the water, not so cleanly but with devastating consequence for some dorados. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z An experienced fisherman would walk to the end of the plank, launching the tag into the shark’s dorsal fin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t explain why I wanted to drive one hundred twenty-five miles to ask an old man with memory problems what he and my mom knew about the white sharks coming to Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The old man withdrew the blade and punched the shark exactly in the same spot again. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A crowd of other fishermen and spectators circled around them, and I knew from the handshakes and back slapping that Sookie had caught the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I do this as threateningly as I can, thinking of crocodiles, sharks, black piranhas for courage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They jutted out from either side of his head, staring over his shoulders, so his head was much wider than it should’ve been, kind of like a hammerhead shark’s. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I drew two pages of long, flexible zippers and noticed that a shark has no rib cage. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The shark would have looked powerful swimming in the ocean, but it seemed freakish hanging in a loop on the dock, bunched up in some places and stretched out in others. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was her own body, and not the sharks, which would eventually kill her. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Where is a shark when you need one, eh?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I guess Brandy would be a bull shark. They can go back and forth between salt water and fresh water.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z There was a tremendous fishy odor like a thousand tuna cans had been opened, and a sizable pool had formed on the ground below its mouth—blood, seawater, and mysterious shark fluids. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Had it been worth putting her life in danger to understand shark behavior or to try to prove to people that sharks aren’t man-eaters? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her foot appearing now and then above the water like a shark fin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The other half is watching a show about sharks on the TV that hangs in the corner. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowledge, he thought—even as the shark hit again—is everything. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I cautiously ventured into the water far enough to explain my concerns about sharks to him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I loved being up on deck, where I watched the sea and glimpsed dolphins, sharks, and flying fish. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “And the fisherman aims the harpoon at the shark and the shark is tagged?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If things continue at the present pace, it is likely that whales, sharks, tuna and dolphins will follow the diprotodons, ground sloths and mammoths to oblivion. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mister Lochana said it was a nurse shark, and my mom grabbed me and held me so tight I couldn’t breathe, even though Mister Lochana promised us nurse sharks don’t bite. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The other shark had been in and out and now came in again with his jaws wide. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have time to scream before another shark clamped its mouth over his head. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This enabled the ecosystem to develop checks and balances that prevent lions and sharks from wreaking too much havoc. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Smelling the inside of the shark was another story.Robin pointed to areas of the gills while explaining to the crowd that water flows off the gills one way and blood flows the other way. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Nana filled the courtroom with stories about the time she caught a shark off the coast of Key West, and the time she single-handedly uncovered a plot to murder the pope. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If we were living past today, I get the sense he’d be mocking the Deckers swimming with sharks for a long time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There were no fish, although it was big enough to hold a shark. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z That was about the best we could do on land, until we were staring at the great white shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When the narrator abruptly cut to footage of whale sharks in Saudi Arabia, far away from Mom’s ocean, Dad said, “Play it again.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The sharks were makos—swift, pointy-snouted predators with long, murderous teeth that protruded noticeably from their mouths. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He prepared the harpoon and made the rope fast while he watched the shark come on. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He swam swiftly toward a seven-foot-tall merman with a long green beard and a choker of shark fangs and tried to mime a request to borrow the spear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Seems to me, with the money I spend with you, you could take time to call me up. Or maybe your dam company’s in a conspiracy with those dam eastern sharks.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next moment, she saw that the shark fin was only a rock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Look at the fin. Floppy on top. It’s not a shark.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He couldn’t help standing well back from the side, remembering the shark, though he knew, or felt sure, it had just been striking at the reflected moonlight. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A dusty mounted trophy on the wall looked like a giant snake’s head, but with horns and a full set of sharks teeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There were sharks every day, mainly makos and blue sharks, but also oceanic whitetips, and once a tiger shark straight from the blackest of nightmares. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In front of the open refrigerator, I unwrapped a piece of leftover pizza and took a quick bite, like a shark, trying to decide if it was really worth eating. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “There’s currently a half-hour wait for the hot air balloon rides and swimming with sharks.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Kinda weird that he would hang over the ocean, tagging sharks in the name of science, but he wouldn’t call a biologist to dissect the one he caught, right? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The fish bone fragments would be sent to a lab where they could hopefully identify the specific species of fish, giving clues to the shark’s whereabouts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I figured any shark was huge to them. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And for students there are sharks with the blood drained out and yellow and blue color substituted in veins and arteries, so that you may follow the systems with a scalpel. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On the walls to either side, pale sharks prowled painted blue-green depths, whilst eels and octopods slithered amongst rocks and sunken ships. 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