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‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists

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par Gavin Naylor, Director of Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida

Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written works and art from the ancient world contain references to sharks preying on sailors as early as the eighth century B.C.E.

Relayed back to land, stories about shark encounters have been embellished and amplified. Together with the fact that from time to time – very rarely – sharks bite humans, people have been primed for centuries to…

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