Why Sharks?
Welcome to five consecutive calendar days dedicated to programming about everyone's favorite cartilaginous fishes: the sharks! NEW! Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Facebook:...
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For the next few episodes here on The Brain Scoop we're devoting our programming to everybody's favorite cartilaginous fishes, the sharks. Why sharks? Well, sharks historically have received a lot of media attention by networks who aren’t always inclined to show their best side— —that is, the side that shows their species diversity, ecological importance, and looming threats to their population and distribution. Sharks are easy to sensationalize and to depict as fearsome, blood-thirsty maniacal killers out to consume everything in sight. That’s not to say they're the most cuddly creatures in the ocean—that award goes to the nudibranchs— —but compare the number of times attention is given to shark attacks versus the attention given to ...
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For the next few episodes here on The Brain Scoop we're devoting our programming to everybody's favorite cartilaginous fishes, the sharks. Why sharks? Well, sharks historically have received a lot of media attention by networks who aren’t always inclined to show their best side— —that is, the side that shows their species diversity, ecological importance, and looming threats to their population and distribution. Sharks are easy to sensationalize and to depict as fearsome, blood-thirsty maniacal killers out to consume everything in sight. That’s not to say they're the most cuddly creatures in the ocean—that award goes to the nudibranchs— —but compare the number of times attention is given to shark attacks versus the attention given to ...
