Southern Fried Science
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cwilcox | June 17, 2009There is a lot of debate in the shark biology community about the ever popular Discovery Channel yearly event "Shark Week."
On the one hand, it's an intense, interesting week of programming which draws a lot of viewers and attention to the animals that shark biologists hold near and dear to their hearts, the impressive Elasmobranchs themselves.
But many biologists argue that the portrayal of sharks by the Discovery Channel is wrong - that they jazz up the death, blood and gore to produce what is nicknamed "Shark Porn" : Creative activity (writing or pictures or films) of no literary or…