Monday, June 22, 2009

Serial Killing 101: Great White sharks murder differently to people. How?

SHOOT: I'll take a stab at this. Sharks attack with their teeth. And then eat their prey. Okay, I get your point. Hannibal Lecter does too...
clipped from news.yahoo.com

They were focused. They stalked from a usual base of operations, 100 yards from their victims. It was close enough to see their prey, but not close enough to be seen and scare off their victims. They attacked when the lights were low. They liked their victims young and alone. They tried to attack when no other sharks were around to compete. They learned from previous kills.

In this undated photo released by The University of Miami, a white shark is seen

And they attacked from below, unseen.

There's a big difference between great white sharks and serial killers and it comes down to that old gumshoe standard: motive. The great whites attack to eat and survive, not for thrills. And great whites are majestic creatures that should be saved, Hammerschlag said.

The human criminal has to worry about being caught by police and thus is even more careful, said Rossmo, who was a police officer for more than 21 years in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The entire shark-serial killer connection is something right out of a crime novel.

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