“Disentangling any of this data from the unimaginably complex background noise is just about impossible,' says naturalist and shark enthusiast Steve Backshall. Naturalist and presenter Steve Backshall has spent a lot of time in the water with sharks.
Naylor also notes that the dataset is likely to over-represent attacks in the US and Australia at the expense of regions that lack mechanisms for recording bites. The effect of fewer sharks may be clouded by an increase in the number of people using the sea recreationally, improvements in safety protocols, or changes in shark distributions, for example. How many teeth does a great white shark have? Steve Backshall on why we should love sharks, and how social media could help save themīonnethead sharks: the shark that gives birth without having sex
