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Many people [do / have] their best to take the perfect photograph. In particular, influencers are trying [solid / hard] to do this. They want all their fans and [follows / followers] to see their photos. Some influencers are [risked / risking] their lives by swimming with and touching sharks. [Naturally / Nature] , things can go wrong. One example of this is a rise [on / in] the number of people bitten [by / with] sharks. The host of the Shark Bytes YouTube channel, Kristian Parton, says he is [worry / worried] . He is hearing about "way more" shark attacks than ever [after / before] . He warned: "We're talking about a true apex predator – a very large wild animal." He added: "You wouldn't walk into the Serengeti [on / in] safari and try and put your hand on the face of a lion."

Shark experts are [warned / warning] influencers to stay away from sharks. They point [to / of] a number of stories of people trying to photograph sharks and then getting [injury / injured] or killed. Last year, a woman in the Caribbean had both hands bitten off [when / what] she tried to take a photo of a bull shark. Her husband tried to protect [she / her] . He called the incident a "living nightmare". Two months later, an influencer was killed in Israel. He was trying to [feed / food] the sharks to get [them / they] to come closer, but they attacked him. The shark experts said the influencers are [sent / sending] a dangerous message to their followers. They said [so / this] is because the followers might think it is [safe / safety] to touch or even try to ride sharks.

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