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The end of a large hammerhead shark.
© Dr. E. Ritter
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Basically people take one of two sides in the question of shark protection: First there are those
who advocate shark protection, or at least feel that limits should be set on shark fishing in order to
prevent severe and uncontrollable damage to the ocean ecology. The second group is much
larger and consists of those who fear sharks and thus oppose any kind of protection. The
respective hollywood productions and yellow press reports on shark accidents do their part to
restrict the promotion of shark protection measures by continually fomenting precisely this fear
and making the initiation of protective measures all the more difficult. Yet fear of sharks is
unfounded for these animals do not pose any real threat to humans.
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