# 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.

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