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They come to this area looking for one of their favorite foods: seals. While great white sharks certainly prefer to eat seals over attacking people, occasionally, attacks do happen, both on people and on their belongings. In April of 2017, a kayaker named Brian Correiar was enjoying the California waters and learned this lesson all too well. As he was kayaking through

the quiet ocean water, he heard a loud bang, and the next thing he knew, he was in the water, no longer in his kayak. Just 3 ft. (.9 m) away, he saw a great white shark chomping on his boat! Luckily, the shark decided it was more interested in eating the kayak than eating Brian, who escaped unscathed. This type of “attack” is fairly common. Often, great white sharks will become curious about people and their belongings, sneak up on them silently, take a bite of their boat or surfboard, and then

slowly sink away, without hurting the people.

“Red Triangle” off the coast of southern California

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