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Originally Posted by Brianna
Australian sharks seem so very pesky and nasty. Must be something in the water.
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I think it's because we have a huge beach culture here because most of the country is hot enough to swim or surf almost all year round so of course the number of encounters with sharks is higher. Also, there's probably more of them here than around most of the pacific and indonesian islands because we don't kill anywhere near as many. The waters around PNG are almost devoid of sharks thanks to over fishing.
Some of those sharks are a bit pesky though. A few of the beaches in our area were closed several times the day after Christmas because what is thought to have been a small school of bull sharks were in close and could possibly have been a danger.