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White sharks can easily mistake swimmers or surfers for seals. Our research aims to reduce the risk

  • Written by: Laura Ryan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
White sharks can easily mistake swimmers or surfers for seals. Our research aims to reduce the riskElias Levy/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

The presumed death of 57-year-old Paul Millachip in an apparently fatal shark bite incident near Perth on November 6 is a traumatising reminder that while shark bites are rare, they can have tragic consequences.

Despite the understandably huge media attention these incidents generate, there has been little...

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