Shark

; shark
Difficulty	9
Attacks	Bite 5d6

; shark
Difficulty	9
Attacks	Bite 5d6
Base level	7
Base experience	104
Speed	12
Base AC	2
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	0 (Not randomly generated)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	500
Nutritional value	350
Size	Large
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A shark: can swim. can survive underwater. cannot pick up items. has no limbs. is an animal. has a serpent body. has a thick hide. can lay eggs. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile.
Reference	monst.c#line2814

The shark, ;, is a sea monster in NetHack. Unlike its more powerful eel brethren, it does not possess a drowning attack; it does however possess a fairly powerful biting attack. There are always several sharks and giant eels generated in the castle moat.

Bumping into a shark does not produce YAFM about jumping the shark. This is one example of something the DevTeam didn't think of after all.

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