The Bedtime Scientist

A question

Are sharks really dangerous?

A calm, true answer. Then, if the wondering keeps going, the whole episode.

The short answer

Far less than their reputation suggests. Most sharks are smaller than a person, and nearly all of them want nothing to do with us.

They have been in the oceans for more than four hundred million years, since before there were trees. Some must keep swimming in order to breathe, so what can look like restless prowling is often just an animal resting the only way it can.

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Sharks: Replacing Fear with Wonder

The full episode, in one calm voice, with nothing that startles.

The episode

Sharks: Replacing Fear with Wonder

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