Which guys are feeling anxious this morning after a three meter shark was spotted at the same South Australian beach where a man in his sixties was bitten just three days earlier, authorities are urging the public to avoid the area. The unusually large number of sightings prompting aerial patrols to be extended until the June Long weekend. Joining me now is marine biologist Lawrence Kleebeck from the Humane World for Animals Australia. Great to have you with us. So just a few weeks ago we spoke to a man who had seen a sharkty S Beach for the first time in over two decades. Why are these sightings becoming more common?

Which guys are feeling anxious this morning after a three meter shark was spotted at the same South Australian beach where a man in his sixties was bitten just three days earlier, authorities are urging the public to avoid the area. The unusually large number of sightings prompting aerial patrols to be extended until the June Long weekend. Joining me now is marine biologist Lawrence Kleebeck from the Humane World for Animals Australia. Great to have you with us. So just a few weeks ago we spoke to a man who had seen a sharkty S Beach for the first time in over two decades. Why are these sightings becoming more common?

Yeah, look, I think first off, thanks for having me. I'd like to dispel the myth that more sightings definitely means a population increased, because a lot of these species of shark are actually doing it pretty tough these days. The increase in sightings is really down to more people on the coast, more smartphones, more drones in the sky, more shark sighting things happening, and that's just part of our society. Now there's more eyes on the water, so the more we look, the more sharks we're going to see.

Yeah, look, I think first off, thanks for having me. I'd like to dispel the myth that more sightings definitely means a population increased, because a lot of these species of shark are actually doing it pretty tough these days. The increase in sightings is really down to more people on the coast, more smartphones, more drones in the sky, more shark sighting things happening, and that's just part of our society. Now there's more eyes on the water, so the more we look, the more sharks we're going to see.

There is a theory about algal bloom bringing fishing closer to the coast. Have you heard that? Can we buy into that at all?

There is a theory about algal bloom bringing fishing closer to the coast. Have you heard that? Can we buy into that at all?

I've heard about that in South Australia. Know that algal bloom is killing off a lot of marine species, so sharks after that algal bloom has died backs, it's also killing sharks that might be bringing that might be bringing predators to new areas searching for food as they're having it tough. But that's very that's very uh, that's only over a short a short time period. We can look at things like changing climate currents and things like that. All of these animals are adjusting to new to do environmental differences in the way they live and that could bring them into new areas.

I've heard about that in South Australia. Know that algal bloom is killing off a lot of marine species, so sharks after that algal bloom has died backs, it's also killing sharks that might be bringing that might be bringing predators to new areas searching for food as they're having it tough. But that's very that's very uh, that's only over a short a short time period. We can look at things like changing climate currents and things like that. All of these animals are adjusting to new to do environmental differences in the way they live and that could bring them into new areas.

Okay, good stuff, Lawrence. We're going to keep this conversation going. We'll bring you back in. Thanks for joining us this morning. He is nat.

Okay, good stuff, Lawrence. We're going to keep this conversation going. We'll bring you back in. Thanks for joining us this morning. He is nat.

Thank you.

Thank you.