New bite-resistant wetsuits can reduce shark bite injuries, scientists find


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A file photo from 2019 showing a white shark biting a board with bite-resistant neoprene. — Photos: SAM CAHIR/Predapix/AP

Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe.

Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with fewer than 50 unprovoked shark bites on humans worldwide in 2024, according to the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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