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Local shark researcher says Discovery channel's Shark Week overplays how dangerous the animal really is

It's the longest running show on cable. It drew more than 30 million viewers last year. It's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which kicked-off last night.  Florida's 89.1 WUFT-FM's Auriel Rolle-Polk spoke with Florida Museum of Natural History Shark Research Director George Burgess, who says there's more to the animal than the show sometimes portrays.

http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/BurgessQA.mp3

Auriel is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.