It's a little quieter on the beaches of North Carolina, following the latest shark attack.
The seventh in three weeks.
TOURIST SAYING:
"We're still having a great time, but we're not going deep in the ocean this year."
A 68-year-old man was swimming in waist-deep water Wednesday, when he was pulled under by a shark -- six to seven feet long.
Locals say sightings are not all that uncommon here.
And that's hardly surprising, says Paul Barrington of the North Carolina Aquarium.
SHARK EXPERT, PAUL BARRINGTON, SAYING:
"As the food chain rebuilds and re-populates it's inevitable we will see more sharks in the water."
The good news? They're not after humans. But they can easily mistake us for the food they really want.
Experts say the chances of being bitten by a shark are still extremely slim.
But to be on the safe side, best to avoid murky water and stay close to shore.
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Vocabulary (bạn nên đọc nghĩa tiếng Anh để hiểu từ và nhớ lâu, khi cần biết nghĩa tiếng Việt, bấm vào đây):
waist |
/weɪst/ |
the part of the body above and slightly narrower than the hips |
food chain | /fuːd tʃeɪn/ | A food chain is the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community (an ecosystem) to obtain nutrition. A food chain starts with the primary energy source, usually the sun or boiling-hot deep sea vents. |
inevitable | /ɪˈnev.ɪ.tə.bl̩/ | certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented: |
slim |
/slɪm/ |
thin, small |
murky |
/ˈmɜː.ki/ |
dark and dirty or difficult to see through |
Thanh Bình (theo Reuters)