A German tourist died from a rare shark attack near the Canary Islands while she was swimming alongside her catamaran off the northwest coast of the popular travel destination. The unidentified 30-year-old woman was sailing on aBritish-flagged catamaran that had departed from theisland ofGran Canaria Saturday, Sept. 14, when the shark attacked. One of her legs was bitten off during …
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A Florida man with a love for sharks recently reeled in a magnificent catch with a rare genetic condition and captured it all on video. Instagram user @huntingforjaws posted video of his encounter with the rare shark on May 31. The lemon shark likely has piebaldism, which gives it a splotchy black-and-white appearance. “Incredibly rare lemon shark with a genetic …
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Miles of sugar-white sand beaches and turquoise waters were closed down in Florida after two back-to-back shark attacks. According to a press conference by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, the successive shark attacks were in “close proximity” to one another on Friday afternoon. “We experienced two separate incidents earlier this afternoon in relative proximity to one another, about four miles …
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A 19-year-old Oklahoma teen recalled surviving a shark bite in the waters off a beach near Galveston, Texas, while on vacation with her family last week. Damiana Humphrey told FOX26 Houston the shark took her hand in its jaws while she was swimming in waist-deep water with her siblings. “As I was turning, a shark grabbed a hold of my …
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Lifeguards in Del Mar, California, which is north of San Diego, have closed beaches to swimming and surfing after a Sunday morning shark attack. A 46-year-old man was bitten by a shark on his torso, left arm and hand around 9 a.m., Del Mar authorities said in a press release. He was taken to a hospital in La Jolla with …
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Florida — specifically Volusia County — is the shark capital of the world. The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File found the most unprovoked shark attacks in the world in the Sunshine State, specifically in Volusia County, where there have been 351 attacks since 1882. Brevard County follows with 158 attacks, then Palm Beach with 83. SHARKS: …
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Scientists with a Boston aquarium are encouraging beachgoers to report sightings of white sharks this holiday weekend after signs of shark bites were observed on multiple marine mammals. Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer in New England, and the region has been experiencing beach weather already. That’s a good reason to be on the lookout for the …
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As the unofficial start to the summer arrives, experts are warning of an increase in shark activity along the popular Memorial Day weekend spot in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Researchers with the New England Aquarium on Thursday issued an advisory for people returning to the pristine waters on Cape Cod. John Chisholm, an adjunct scientist at the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center …
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Owen Prior is an experienced fisherman, but even he was surprised when he reeled in a 12-foot tiger shark at Jacksonville Beach in Florida last weekend. This is definitely one to remember for sure,” Prior, who runs First Coast Surf Fishing in Jacksonville Beach, told FOX 35 Orlando of his personal record catch. “I’ve caught hundreds of sharks up to …
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A Florida deckhand attacked by a pair of reef sharks after slipping off a fishing dock in the Bahamas recounted the terrifying encounter Wednesday. Marlin Wakeman, 24, was working on a charter boat when he misjudged a jump on the dock, falling into the water. Fishermen at the Flying Fish Marina on Long Island regularly throw their scraps into the …
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