Read the text and fill in the gaps using the words form the list. When we talk about species, we might the sea or the panda or maybe even the Asian elephant, but we rarely consider the . That’s not surprising when we see sharks in films, TV series, and books as man-eating . In fact, the shark has dropped over the last 30 years by 90%, mainly because of fishing. Sharks may be at the of the food , but they have a role in maintaining the . When their numbers , it disturbs the natural of the oceans. One man, Rob Stewart, has himself to raising about sharks, whose bad is, he believes, completely . “Sharks kill about 5 people a year and yet they are ,” he says. “Elephants kill at least 100 people but when a single elephant falls in Africa the world goes .” Stewart first became by sharks as a child and after with a degree in Marine Biology, he became a photographer. It was on an to the Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most protected reserves, that he came across hundreds of dead sharks from a 60 km length of fishing line. If that kind of illegal fishing could happen there, what was happening in the rest of the world? He found that up to 100 million sharks are killed every year and a of the 500 species of shark are under threat of . Shark fins are incredibly as a item particularly for use in shark fin soup. Dried fins go for as much as $300 for half a kilo, but the rest of the shark is . Yet, people aren't as about the mass of sharks as they are about koala bears. Stewart decided the best way to show the world what was happening was to make a . After spending his life , watching DVDs on his and learning the basics of , he set off for Costa Rica where he swam with and even the sharks while making his film. As sharks are afraid of humans, he spent an amount of time just hoping for the sharks to come near. Stewart learned how to control his to panicking the sharks. After coming into conflict with organised crime and local , he had to by boat. Another time he caught a disease that led to a stay in hospital. Despite such , Stewart managed to produce Sharkwater, a documentary about the cruel way treats sharks. It has been a huge , winning lots of international , but Stewart is carrying on with his to save the shark. “The oceans most of the planet. It's a system we can't with,” Stewart says. “It's not just about sharks, it's about saving ourselves.”

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Read the text and fill in the gaps using the words form the list.

When we talk about ... species, we might ... the sea ... or the ... panda or maybe even the Asian elephant, but we rarely consider the ... . That’s not surprising when we see sharks in films, TV series, and books ... as man-eating ... . In fact, the shark ... has dropped over the last 30 years by 90%, mainly because of ... fishing. Sharks may be at the ... of the food ... , but they have a ... role in maintaining the ... . When their numbers ... , it disturbs the natural ... of the oceans.
One man, Rob Stewart, has ... himself to raising ... about sharks, whose bad ... is, he believes, completely ... . “Sharks kill about 5 people a year and yet they are ... ,” he says. “Elephants kill at least 100 people but when a single elephant falls in Africa the world goes ... .”
Stewart first became ... by sharks as a child and after ... with a degree in Marine Biology, he became a ... photographer. It was on an ... to the Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most protected ... reserves, that he came across hundreds of dead sharks ... from a 60 km length of ... fishing line. If that kind of illegal fishing could happen there, what was happening in the rest of the world? He found that up to 100 million sharks are killed every year and a ... of the 500 species of shark are under threat of ... . Shark fins are incredibly ... as a ... item particularly for use in shark fin soup. Dried fins go for as much as $300 for half a kilo, but the rest of the shark is ... . Yet, people aren't as ... about the mass ... of sharks as they are about koala bears.
Stewart decided the best way to show the world what was happening was to make a ... . After spending his life ... , watching DVDs on his ... and learning the basics of ... , he set off for Costa Rica where he swam with and even ... the sharks while making his film. As sharks are afraid of humans, he spent an ... amount of time ... just hoping for the sharks to come near. Stewart learned how to control his ... to ... panicking the sharks. After coming into conflict with organised crime and local ... , he had to ... by boat. Another time he caught a ... disease that led to a stay in hospital. Despite such ... , Stewart managed to produce Sharkwater, a ... documentary about the cruel way ... treats sharks. It has been a huge ... , winning lots of international ... , but Stewart is carrying on with his ... to save the shark. “The oceans ... most of the planet. It's a system we can't ... with,” Stewart says. “It's not just about ... sharks, it's about saving ourselves.”

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