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Shark Week looms, but don't panic

  • Written by Gavin Naylor, Director, Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida
It's OK, I'm a filter feeder: Whale shark off Indonesia.Marcel Ekkel/Flickr, CC BY

Sharks elicit outsized fear, even though the risk of a shark bite is infinitesimally small. As a marine biologist and director of the Florida Program for Shark Research, I oversee the International Shark Attack File – a global record of reported shark bites...

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