Scientists Urge Encounters With Sharks to Be Called ‘Bites’ Not ‘Attacks’

Scientists Urge Encounters With Sharks to Be Called ‘Bites’ Not ‘Attacks’

A senior Queensland official told a Noosa shark symposium in May the state’s communications would preference “bites” over “attacks” based on social research, three scientists attending the meeting have told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Its SharkSmart website lists how to minimise risks “of a negative encounter with a shark”.

Read The Sydney Morning Herald
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