What did Coppleson think of the shark attacks of 1916? How does this compare to other beliefs at the time and beliefs today?

Coppleson cited the North Atlantic attacks of 1916 as those of a rogue shark, even though many American experts maintained the belief that the deaths of the swimmers were not caused by sharks. Coppleson would one day refer to these attacks as those by the "mad shark" of New Jersey. Scientists have recently theorized that shark attacks may be caused by changes in coastal water temperatures that draw sharks close to shorelines where swimmers and surfers are. The juvenile white shark was not finished with the North Atlantic shores.