What is "shark attack"

n. An attack on a human by a shark.

The term shark attack is used to describe an attack on a human by a shark. Every year over 70 attacks are reported worldwide. Despite their relative rarity, many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series. Out of more than 480 shark species, only three are responsible for a double-digit number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, and bull; however, the oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more castaways, not recorded in the statistics.

Shark Attack is a 1999 television film directed by Bob Misiorowski starring Casper Van Dien, Jenny McShane and Ernie Hudson.