Nautically correct Australian officials
to rebrand shark 'attacks' as
'negative encounters'
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/17/2021 12:16:34 AM
Officials in Australia are rebranding shark “attacks” as “a negative encounter” as experts argue the former had given the nautical predators a bad reputation not based on science. At least two of the six Australian states have reportedly changed the way they officially describe shark attacks. In New South Wales, the government’s shark reports now refer to shark “incidents” or “interactions,” and in Queensland, the state government refers to them as “a negative encounter,” Sky News reported.(Snip)Proponents argue the word “attack” has created a culture of fear around sharks, one often depicted in movies. “Sharks are very curious animals,” Leonardo Guida, a shark biologist
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The shark-bitten community is incensed, but the shark proponents counter with "sharks are gonna shark." How long before violent attacks by preferred racial groups and sex attacks by the Clintons of the world are also deemed to be negative encounters?