Shark Repellent Could Come From Research Into Similarities
Between Shark And Human Brains Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com –
Your Universe Online New research published in the journal
Brain, Behavior and Evolution indicates that the infamous shark
from the movie Jaws may have more in common with police chief
Martin Brody than previously thought. The Australian government
announced a new catch-and-kill policy for sharks last month
after great white sharks killed five surfers and swimmers this
past year. The government also said it would be funding research
into other measures to develop technology to try and repel them.
The latest issue of the journal, The Nervous System of
Cartilaginous Fishes, focuses on the latest comparative and
evolutionary research on the brains of sharks and other
cartilaginous fish, like rays and sawfish. “Sharks, and their
relatives, represent the earliest jawed vertebrates,” University
of Western Australia shark researcher Kara Yopak, who is the
editor for the journal’s current issue, sa