Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap.
In April 2002, Erich Ritter, a shark expert, was carrying (76) ……………………. research in the Bahamas when part of his leg was bitten off by an adult shark that was pursuing a large fish. (77) ……………………. was nothing unusual about the incident, (78) ……………………. for the fact that Ritter had claimed to know how to prevent sharks from attacking him. He believed that sharks could sense fear, and that this triggers the attack response. Dr Ritter, a yoga expert, had learnt (78) ……………………. to lower his heart rate, believing that this could fool the sharks and they would (80) ……………………. see him as prey. When he was attacked, he was actually standing bare-legged in water, surrounded by pieces of fish which had (81) ……………………. thrown into the water to attract sharks. (82) ……………………. shark experts were unsurprised by the incident. They felt that something like this was bound to happen. He had been risking his life for years because of his theories, although they had (83) ……………………. been proved. At the time of the attack, Dr Ritter was (84) ……………………. filmed by a TV crew, so the whole horrific incident was recorded. A documentary called Anatomy of a Shark Bitewas made a year (85) …………………….. This showed footage of the attack as well as Dr Ritter diving with sharks again for the first time since he had been bitten.
In April 2002, Erich Ritter, a shark expert, was carrying (76)
……………………. research in the Bahamas when part of his leg was bitten off by an adult shark that was pursuing a large fish.
