CNN.com - Survey: 'Shark summer' bred fear, not facts - Mar. 14, 2003

Ya reckon? The media feeding frenzy (painful pun intended) contributed to irrational fears?

People....sharks are wild animals operating in their NORMAL habitat....if you enter that habitat you risk being mistaken for a seal. Period. Remember, more people are killed by moronic assholes than have ever been killed by a shark.