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 BYSharks 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...