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Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia; List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion; List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters; List of fatal shark attacks in the United States
James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story originated of an anonymous form, began to appear in American newspapers.
Snead died while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean at twilight off the beach in the Whale Head Bay area of Corolla, North Carolina, near mile post 4 + 1 ⁄ 2. His body was found washed up on the beach in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. [109] Final autopsy results, released on January 5, 2010, concluded Snead's death appeared to be from drowning.
Ten people died in shark attacks in 2023, with six killed in unprovoked attacks, researchers said at the time. The number of attacks last year was "well below" the 10-year average, of about 70 ...
Six people were killed by sharks, including a snorkeler in Hawaii. Two deaths were recorded off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, and shark attack victims also died in Australia, Egypt and New ...
The species was considered to be synonymous with the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) from 1878 until 1998. The dwarf sperm whale is a small whale, 2 to 2.7 m (6 ft 7 in to 8 ft 10 in) and 136 to 272 kg (300 to 600 lb), that has a grey coloration, square head, small jaw, and robust body.
The sperm whale or cachalot [a] (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus Physeter and one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia.
It’s floating farther out into the Gulf of Mexico.