Most shark‐induced human fatalities are followed by widespread and unselective culling campaigns that have limited effectiveness and may have high ecological costs for threatened species. The blanket culling strategy implicitly assumes that incident risk is directly correlated with shark density, an assumption that has yet to be demonstrated. We present the alternative hypothesis that incidents are more likely to be caused by behavioral variability among individual sharks than due to shark density. Throughout their ontogenetic development, large species of sharks opportunistically establish a diet that is rarely, if ever, inclusive of humans as a food source. We propose that, some animals with specific behaviors (including boldness) may potentially pose a higher risk than conspecifics. Under this scenario, the risk of a shark attack in a given area would relate to the presence of a limited number of high‐risk individuals rather than shark density.

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鲨鱼个人特征分析：一种创新的，对环境负责的方法，可有选择地管理人类死亡

大多数鲨鱼导致的人命死亡之后，都是大规模的，非选择性的扑灭运动，其效果有限，对受威胁物种可能造成高昂的生态代价。全面剔除策略隐含地假设事故风险与鲨鱼密度直接相关，这一假设有待证明。我们提出了另一种假设，即与鲨鱼密度相比，事件更可能是由于个体鲨鱼之间的行为差​​异引起的。在整个个体发育过程中，大量鲨鱼有机会建立一种饮食，这种饮食很少（如果有的话）将人类作为食物来源。我们建议，某些具有特定行为（包括大胆）的动物可能比同种动物具有更高的风险。在这种情况下，