This Is the Only Proven Way to Deter a Great White Shark | The Swim

Will deterrent technology lower an ocean swimmer's chances of a dangerous encounter with a shark?

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Can technology save you from a shark attack?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180228-can-technology-save-us-from-shark-attacks
“Over 18 days, Huveneers – who heads the Southern Shark Ecology Group at Adelaide’s Flinders University – tested a series of commercially available shark deterrent devices to determine their effectiveness in repelling the ocean’s most feared predator. Over many long days at sea, his team observed sharks from its boat and with cameras below the waves."

Why Are We Afraid of Sharks? There's a Scientific Explanation.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/sharks-attack-fear-science-psychology-spd/
"You're more likely to be crushed to death under a falling vending machine in your office, or a cow that collapses on you in a field than you are to die in the jaws of a shark. But fears don't necessarily match facts, and the fear of being attacked by a shark is more about our emotional response than the reality."

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Animal Senses
http://discovermagazine.com/2014/may/26-20-things-animal-senses
“Snakes’ tongues do more than taste: They help track prey. Their forked tongues pick up scent molecules that the animal transfers, via specialized ducts in the mouth, to the Jacobson’s organ, which can detect where the scent’s source is located.”

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