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If you’re heading to the beach sometime soon, here are some things to keep in mind about shark attacks — including just how unlikely they really are.
The SOFAR channel acts as a waveguide for sound, and low frequency sound waves within the channel may travel thousands of miles before dissipating. [5] This phenomenon is an important factor in submarine warfare. The deep sound channel was discovered and described independently by Dr. Maurice Ewing, and Leonid Brekhovskikh in the 1940s. [6]
2024 was an "exceptionally quiet year" for shark attacks. But the U.S. still led the globe - again. See where the fatal attacks happened.
The tiger shark is an apex predator [35] and has a reputation for eating almost anything. [7] These predators swim close inland to eat at night, and during the day swim out into deeper waters. [36] Young tiger sharks are found to feed largely on small fish, as well as various small jellyfish, and mollusks including cephalopods.
While shark nets and drum lines share the same purpose, drum lines are more effective at targeting the three sharks that are considered most dangerous to swimmers: the bull shark, tiger shark and great white shark. [80] SMART drumlines can also be used to move sharks, which greatly reduces mortality of sharks and bycatch to less than 2%. [81]
If you find one on a beach, you should call the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to report it, columnist Carly Vester writes.
Swell sharks hunt at night for bony fish, molluscs, and crustaceans. [2] [3] They will eat prey that is dead or alive. [3] They feed either by sucking prey into their mouth or by waiting motionless on the sea floor with their mouth open, waiting to encounter prey. [2] [4] Swell sharks have also been known to look for food in lobster traps. [2]
Ever since the movie "Jaws" popularized great white sharks as predatory man-killers, people have had misconceptions about these animals. That is why researchers have been doing everything they can ...