Oceanography is a terrific career because gradually we seem to be coming around to realize that we had better become as acquainted with the seventy percent of our planet that is covered by water as we are with the dark side of the moon.
Peter BenchleySharks have everything a scientist dreams of. They're beautifulโGod, how beautiful they are! They're like an impossibly perfect piece of machinery. They're as graceful as any bird. They're as mysterious as any animal on earth. No one knows for sure how long they live or what impulsesโexcept for hungerโthey respond to. There are more than two hundred and fifty species of shark, and everyone is different from every other one.
Peter Benchley