Sharks have an image problem. The film Jaws merely confirmed an image in most people’s minds of the ultimate man-eating machine mindlessly cruising the seas. Reality is starkly different. For every human death caused by sharks over four million sharks die at the hands of man (Gruber & Manire 1990).
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