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'For every person bitten by a shark, 25 get bitten by New Yorkers'

Chris Ledgard explores how the Spielberg classic Jaws demonised Great White Sharks.

Zoologist and conservationist Mark Carwardine explains people are more afraid than they should be, "for every person who gets bitten by a shark, 25 people get bitten by New Yorkers".

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In Living MemorySeries 17, Jaws

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