Sharks Have Personalities

Like all animals, sharks have different personalities. A study done several years ago by researchers at Macquarie University confirmed that sharks of the same species exhibited different behaviors when stressed. Some Port Jackson sharks who were bolder than others emerged from cover to explore a new, potentially dangerous habitat. It is likely that these personality differences influence how individual sharks interact with their habitat, their own and other species. The study showed that we cannot view all sharks of a species as the same.