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There is only one anti-shark tool for surfers that seems to work

By Alice Klein

31 May 2018

A picture of the experimental setup

A shark closes in on the experimental setup

Andrew Fox, the Fox Shark Research Foundation

Scared of sharks? Fitting an electric device to your surfboard could halve your risk of getting munched.

Shark attacks are rare but increasingly common, climbing from about 20 to 80 global cases per year over the last three decades. This has prompted the development of many shark repellent products for surfers, but few have been rigorously and independently evaluated.

at Flinders University in Australia and his colleagues decided to put five of the most popular . These…

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