Leonardo Guida, a shark researcher at the Australian Marine Conservation Society, says ending the use of such terms helps dispel "inherent assumptions that sharks are ravenous, mindless man-eating monsters".
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Shark attacks are rebranded as 'negative encounters' in Australia
Shark attacks to be renamed 'negative encounters' & 'bites' to change deadly predators' image, say scientists
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Australia renames shark attacks 'interactions' and 'negative encounters
Why some scientists want to rebrand shark attacks as 'negative encounters
Super predator' that devoured great white shark investigated by researchers, The Independent
Shark attacks to be renamed 'negative encounters' & 'bites' to change deadly predators' image, say scientists
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Shark attacks are rebranded as 'negative encounters' in Australia
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Shark attacks to be renamed 'negative encounters' & 'bites' to change deadly predators' image, say scientists
Rebranding Shark Attacks in Lesser Terms, by David C. Wyld
Australian shark experts say attacks should be called negative encounters - The Washington Post