The shark

Carl Safina
Jul 23, 2017 · 1 min read
Photo by Carl Safina. Great white shark. Dyer Island, South Africa. 2015.

“People are hungry to make their mark in the world. Every shark would understand. Or would they? The shark has a hunter’s attitude, but there’s nothing social in its killing. It gains only nutrition, knows no pride. The shark does only what it needs, and needs only what it does. Of the burden of needing to make an impression, the shark is free. Yet we cause the whole world, even the sharks of the blue ocean, to bear the burden of our egos.” –Carl Safina, The View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year In An Unnatural World

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Carl Safina

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Ecologist. In love with the living world. Writing to make a case for life on Earth. www.carlsafina.org

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