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Psychotic Sharks Spark Endless Debate on Danger and Smell
A columnist reviews ichthyologist Paul Hamer and Christopher Coates theories that a New Jersey shark may have been psychotic or panicky. They discuss whether sharks can be driven by a broken sense of smell and the odds of unprovoked bites, ending with a wartime anecdote about shark repellent on a flight.
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Sigmund Freud
Paul Hamer
Ihief
New Jersey State Fisheries Laboratory
Ben Franklin
Mr. Hamer
New Jersey
Christopher Coates
New York Aquarium
Coates
American Institute of Biological Sciences
United States
Mexican
Joe Louis
Air Transport Service
ATC