Shark bites are rare. Here are 8 things to avoid to make them even rarer

<https://theconversation.com/shark-bites-are-rare-here-are-8-things-to-avoid-to-make-them-even-rarer-173746>

"Shark bite incidents are rare but traumatic. They’re usually followed by calls
for mitigation strategies, some of which are dangerous or lethal to sharks –
despite the fact most sharks are timid and actively avoid people.

The “SharkSmart” approach, adopted by the Queensland government, aims to
educate and urge people to take responsibility for reducing the risk of shark
bites by changing their own behaviour. But can humans change?

To find out, we teamed up with three companies in the sailing charter industry
in the Whitsundays area to better understand how people were using the
environment, their knowledge of shark smart behaviours and to see if promoting
SharkSmart behaviours led to change.

We found people can and do change behaviour as a result of education – but for
some, unfortunately, a “she’ll be right” attitude still prevails."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics