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The area has a very large population of marine mammals, such as elephant seals, harbor seals, sea otters and sea lions, which are favored prey of great white sharks. [1] Around thirty-eight percent of recorded great white shark attacks on humans in the United States have occurred within the Red Triangle—eleven percent of the worldwide total. [2]
Surf Beach, California: Great white shark: Solorio died after he was bitten on the left side of his upper torso by a great white shark while surfing. The attack occurred at Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, just two years (almost to the very day) after a fatal attack in the same location. Authorities ...
A fatal shark attack occurred on Baker Beach on May 7, 1959, [7] [8] [9] when 18-year-old Albert Kogler Jr. was attacked by a great white shark while he was in water 15 ft (4.5 m) deep. [10] This was the only shark attack recorded on Baker Beach. Baker Beach path with shrubs and crow
Experts say that strip of beach near Del Mar has become nursery for young great white sharks. Unprovoked shark attacks are rare: There were just 36 in the U.S. last year, including two in ...
A great white shark has been hanging out near shore at a popular California surfing destination known for shark attacks. Great white shark tracked to ‘infamous’ California surfing beach Skip ...
The attack happened about 100 yards from Del Mar's relatively new lifeguard headquarters on 17th Street, the city said. Lifeguards on duty closed a stretch of Del Mar beach to swimmers and surfers ...
An incident occurred in 2011 when a 3-meter long (~500 kg) great white shark jumped onto a 7-person research vessel off Seal Island, South Africa. The crew were undertaking a population study using sardines as bait and initially retreated to safety in the bow of the ship while the shark thrashed about, damaging equipment and fuel lines. To keep ...
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