Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them

A scarred great white shark cruising through Australian waters Philip Thurston/Getty Images Great white sharks avoid places where they have been caught, which might give us a way of deterring them from hunting near swimmers. It’s a flight response, says at the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries in Australia. “It’s the same with almost any animal and the same with sharks.” The animals later “resume their normal migratory movements as if nothing ever happened”, he says. Read more Butcher…