'Chumming' blamed in shark attack death

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Luring great white sharks with a smelly mixture of fish and oil in South Africa's False Bay has triggered a wave of anger, with surfers and swimmers calling for a ban on the practice following a fatal shark attack a week ago.

A growing attraction over the past several years in one of Africa's biggest tourist destinations, Cape Town, has been underwater dives with sharks, with operators clouding waters with a bloody mixture called "chum" to attract the predators.

Many marine experts doubt if chumming changes the behaviour of sharks in the region, which include great white sharks as long as mini-buses that weigh upwards of four tonnes.

But, the practice has rattled surfers, swimmers and kayakers.