Scientists find new bite-resistant wetsuits can reduce shark bite injuries
This Nov. 2019 photo provided by Predapix/Sam Cahir shows a White shark investigating testing board with bite-resistant neoprene at Neptune Island Group Marine Park in Australia. (Sam Cahir/Predapix via AP)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe.
Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with less than 50 unprovoked shark bites on humans worldwide in 2024, according to the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History. But increased sightings of large sharks in some parts of the world have swimmers, surfers and divers looking for new ways to stay safe.
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