In celebration of Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” now in its 26th year, we thought it’d be only appropriate to remind you about some shark laws.
Because despite Steven Spielberg’s still incredibly frightening thriller that might peg sharks as our enemies, they’re not. And like many other misunderstood creatures, the law does what it can to protect and treat them fairly.
So, with that said, here are five shark laws that you may not know about:
Bet you didn’t know all that, right? Happy Shark Week!
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