Sharks

Sharks were considered by Americans, at least until recently, to be one of the scariest, fiercest creatures around. Ever since the original Jaws film beachgoers were terrified of a shark attack. People were advocating killing sharks and were afraid to go to the beach. Sharks became a common villain in media, whether as a mindless eating machine for water scenes or as a hungry, speaking carnivore. Efforts by conservationists had helped sharks reputation somewhat, but ony by insisting that shark attacks were rarer, that they mistook humans for seals, and by emphasizing their role in the ecosystem. Sharks still remain to be known as a viscious animal, but there reputation for being ravenous killing machines only went down because scuba divers discovered that they could train wild sharks into letting them pet them. Thanks to sharks becoming addicted to scuba diver pets, people began to see them more as "pups", as more gentle and misunderstood creatures. However, as scuba divers insist that sharks are still dangerous and shark attacks still happen, their reputation hasn't completely fallen out. I'm writing this article because on my On Demand for National Geographic literally half the programs included shark in their name. Stop it, NG. I don't want to watch sharks. You don't have to document sharks this much. Why do people who consume NG obsessed with sharks?
== As villains or dangerous carnivores ==
* In Finding Nemo a trio of sharks were trying to become vegetarian, but their predator instincts would get in the way.
* In Helluva Boss, a natural kind of demon in hell has the form of a land shark.
* In Pokemon Sharpedo is based off of a great white shark, a torpedo, and a sunfish. It is tailless, which is very weird to me. It can have the ability rough skin like real sharks, referencing their sandpaper-like toothed skin. It can also have speed boost because sharks are fast and torpedo. They evolve from Carvanha, a pirahna-based monster, emphasizing the shark's brutal carnivorous, people eating nature.