Learning to live with sharks Michael Gross  Current Biology  Volume 24, Issue 9, Pages R341-R344 (May 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.025 Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions

Image problem: Ever since the release of Steven Spielberg’s summer blockbuster Jaws 39 years ago, there has been an exaggerated fear of shark attacks. In fact, even in Florida many more people die from lightning strikes and bee stings than from shark encounters. The image shows a great white shark scavenging a whale carcass. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060797.g004.) Current Biology 2014 24, R341-R344DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.025) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions

Hacked off: The practice of shark finning, illegal in many legislations, but difficult to control, raises concerns both for its cruelty and for its threat to the species concerned. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Cloneofsnake.) Current Biology 2014 24, R341-R344DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.025) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions

Peaceful coexistence: Whale sharks, the largest species of fish in the oceans, are peaceful filter feeders. Watching them is a popular tourist attraction off the coasts of Australia, but even they are under attack from trophy hunters. (Photo: Courtesy of Exmouth Diving Centre http://www.exmouthdiving.com.au/) Current Biology 2014 24, R341-R344DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.025) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions

Bad choice: Shark fin soup is still on offer in many Chinese restaurants around the world, but the increasing awareness of the problems attached to the luxury dish is set to change this situation. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ProjectManhattan.) Current Biology 2014 24, R341-R344DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.025) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions