It’s Shark Week and one expert says sharks get a bad rap.
With movies like Jaws, many of us have an image of sharks attacking people, but Sea Life Michigan Aquarium curator Lauren Grauer says that’s really not the case.
“Sharks typically prey on smaller fishes and crustaceans and even smaller elasmobranchs, but they’re not necessarily dangerous to humans,” Grauer said. “Shark bites are extremely rare. A lot of people like to say, you’re more likely to get hit by a bolt of lightning than you are to be bit by a shark.”
Grauer says they have nine species of sharks at the aquarium in Auburn Hills and they’ll be teaching people about sharks all week long. For instance, she says sharks have several rows of sharp replaceable teeth, which they can lose every week, up to 30,000 in a lifetime.
