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LIVING LAB
12:02 pm
Thu August 23, 2012
Shark v. Seal: Who Wins?
Credit rickpilot_2000 / Flickr
A sign warns swimmers at Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass., on Aug. 15, 2012.
There's been a rise in shark sightings on the Cape this summer — drawn not by humans in the water (pace "Jaws") but by an abundant population of seals. So ... can we drive away the sharks by culling the seals? As WGBH science editor Heather Goldstone told Bob Seay, it's not the first time marine experts have proposed this strategy.
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