Divers observe and photograph electrifying feeding and attack behaviors of the Carribean gray shark without the confines of protective cages. Shimmering schools of fish and intricate coral formations punctuate the oceanic vastness with life forms both strange and beautiful to the human eye. The sight of a shark cruising the reef is one of the more imposing scenes in nature. Often considered the perfect predator, sharks have highly developed senses and are instinctually aggressive. As rulers of the reef, they patrol their territories relentlessly, removing weak and dying marine animals from the genetic pool.
Sharks serve as an important part of the underwater community.
The image of a shark evokes a deep primordial fear. Ominous and foreboding, the creature has emerged from 250 million years of evolutuion to be considered the very embodiment of evil. The terror and great beauty found within the psyche are reflected in the creatures we find beneath the surface. Man has projected his own agressive shadow nature, his propensity for cruelty and mindless violence onto the shark, when in fact sharks are merely elegant, instinctual creatures at the top of the food chain in the marine environment, just as man is at the top of the food chain in his own terrestrial environment . Sharks are a keystone species.