URI_Research _Magazine_Momentum_Spring_2020_Melissa-McCarthy

sharks : THE MISREPRESENTED PREDATOR

written by AMY DUNKLE

Humans kill as many as 100 million sharks each year through bycatch, sport, or for delicacies such as shark fin soup. At the same time, in 2018, sharks worldwide killed a total of four people.

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