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Most of the sharks spotted in the area are juveniles — despite their size, the great whites are only up to about 6 years old and very inexperienced hunters.
Niamh Ní Dhrisceoil is used to seeing all types of sea life in her job as a skipper of the Cape Clear Ferry in County Cork, Ireland. However, Niamh was stunned and delighted by the sight of a ...
If you have swum in the ocean off the coast of Santa Barbara or San Diego recently, chances are you swam next to a young great white shark. Great white sharks more common off California coast than ...
A leopard shark at the Monterey Bay Aquarium; this species adapts well to captivity. Wary and quick to flee, leopard sharks pose almost no danger to humans. There is a single record from 1955 of a leopard shark harassing a skin diver with a nosebleed, though no injuries resulted.
Nurse sharks are an important species for shark research. [3] They are robust and able to tolerate capture, handling, and tagging extremely well. [4] As inoffensive as nurse sharks may appear, they are ranked fourth in documented shark bites on humans, [5] likely due to incautious behavior by divers on account of the nurse shark's calm ...
Select examples include the bull shark, tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin soup. Many shark populations are threatened by human activities. Since 1970, shark populations have been reduced by 71%, mostly from overfishing. [7]
The diet of the bramble shark includes smaller sharks, bony fishes, and crabs, which this slow-moving species may capture via suction. It is aplacental viviparous, with females producing litters of 15–52 pups. Harmless to humans, it is an occasional bycatch of commercial and recreational fishers, and may be used for fishmeal and liver oil.
It’s that time of year again: the thick of summer when sharks have caught America’s attention. Americans are spotting more sharks in the water. Here’s why that’s a good thing