Why our current attitude towards sharks is wrong

A staggering 72 per cent of Australians say they fear being attacked by a shark while in the water, and most of that fear comes from how the animals are perceived in mainstream media and movies.

However, a national research project is calling for better education into how swimmers interact with the animals.

"Humans have a very innate fear of things that can harm us, we don't have to be attacked by a lion to know that we should fear lions," Dr Blake Chapman, a marine biologist involved in the study, told 9news.com.au.

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