{"id":4416,"date":"2016-09-02T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/149800042437-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T07:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:20:55","slug":"149800042437-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/149800042437-2\/","title":{"rendered":"149800042437"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                               <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr\/media\/149800042437_2.gif\"\/>\n                           <\/p>\n<p>\n                               <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr\/media\/149800042437_1.gif\"\/>\n                           <\/p>\n<p>\n                               <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr\/media\/149800042437_2.gif\"\/>\n                           <\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ucresearch.tumblr.com\/post\/149703717520\">ucresearch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Why music might be killing sharks<br \/><\/h2>\n<p>For too long, sharks have been portrayed and perceived as the menacing, lurking creatures in the deep. Contrary to popular belief, we are much more of a threat to them than they are to us. <\/p>\n<p>Researchers have found that the ominous music that often accompanies even documentary footage of them has inspired excessive fear about sharks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universityofcalifornia.edu\/news\/why-shark-soundtracks-make-it-harder-live-underwater?utm_source=tumblr&#038;utm_medium=social-organic&#038;utm_campaign=article-general&#038;utm_content=\">In an experiment<\/a> at UC San Diego, participants watched footage of sharks. Some scenes featured uplifting music, and others had a more daunting score.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The effect was what you might expect. Viewers saw sharks as intimidating creatures when they they also heard ominous music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But with uplifting music (or none at all), viewers had a more positive impression of sharks. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is problematic because rarely do we see shark footage without the ominous music, and the negative<b>\u00a0<\/b>portrayals of sharks may be hindering conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know from prior research that conservation progress for sharks is sluggish compared to marine mammals\u00a0and that this slow response may be due in part to the societal marginalization of sharks,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/universityofcalifornia.edu\/news\/why-shark-soundtracks-make-it-harder-live-underwater?utm_source=tumblr&#038;utm_medium=social-organic&#038;utm_campaign=article-general&#038;utm_content=\">says study co-author Elizabeth Keenan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After all, in the words of Senegalese conservationist Baba Diou, \u201cwe will conserve only what we love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while they\u2019re still not exactly a furry, cuddly rabbit,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/nationnow\/la-na-nn-shark-attack-rare-20150430-htmlstory.html\">consider this<\/a>: you\u2019re more likely to be struck by lightening than fall prey to a fatal shark attack.<\/p>\n<figure data-orig-width=\"359\" data-orig-height=\"212\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr\/media\/149800042437_3.gif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ucresearch: Why music might be killing sharks For too long, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12749],"tags":[1594,108,1615,585,961,2023,1532,3314,321,2494,3,583,6457,6458,2070],"class_list":["post-4416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tumblr","tag-american","tag-animals-2","tag-climate-change","tag-environment","tag-fish","tag-global-warming","tag-government","tag-hot","tag-ocean","tag-oceanic-systems","tag-quote-of-the-day","tag-science","tag-sharks","tag-uc-san-diego","tag-university"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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